00:00Hello, Tom Leonard, not a relation, he has an O in his last name, L-E-O-N-A-R-D, Tom
00:14Leonard, pronounced Leonard, not Leonard, unlike me, Joseph M. Leonard looks French,
00:21no, Leonard without the O, okay, so no relation, but Tom Leonard running for governor again
00:27here in the state of Michigan in this 2026 off year for presidential elections, elections
00:38time, was on Wham Radio, Ed Bandarinko's, I was drawing a blank, your American Heritage
00:52show, airs Saturdays, he has two hours from one to two, Pastor Richard Clark Dietering was
00:59on from one to two, another guest host, because Ed is going through health issues, was back
01:05in the hospital, fill-in host from two to three Saturday afternoon, had Tom Leonard on, and
01:13we're talking data centers.
01:14Okay, I don't want to address everything they went into, as a former IT guy, I've got
01:23varying opinions, but what I wanted to mention here is people talking about the electricity
01:31use, the demand for so much more energy.
01:38You all know I am not a big regulation guy.
01:41I am definitely not for green energy regulations, the climate scan garbage normally.
01:49However, in this case, I think it makes sense to require these data centers, since they have
02:01such a big footprint.
02:03It's a huge building, a whole lot of rooftop space.
02:07So, require them to have solar panels and generate as much electricity as they can to take care
02:20of their own needs, as well as, if you've heard me talk before, I'm like thelibertybeating.com,
02:29micro versus macro.
02:30So, I'm not for windmills, but I'm all for wind drum turbines, drum turbines, smaller, more
02:41efficient, and effective.
02:43They don't fall apart.
02:44They don't kill a bunch of birds.
02:47They take up less of a footprint.
02:50They generate a whole lot of energy as the wind blows the drum turbine around in circles.
02:57Put those on the roof, too.
03:00If the data center is producing energy to fuel itself, so it's less of a burden on the general
03:12electrical grid, then in that regard, that becomes one less objection to their being built.
03:23And that's the only piece of the puzzle I wanted to address here.
03:29Common sense.
03:30But, of course, the left, again, I've said it several times this week.
03:36They're simpletons, but they can't handle simple, common sense stuff.
03:42Micro versus macro.
03:44On the micro, the data center having those panels and the drum barrels there to generate
03:52on-location energy for their needs makes sense.
03:58Huge solar farms, supposedly to help electrify a whole city.
04:06No, not smart.
04:08Doesn't work.
04:10Isn't effective.
04:11Isn't efficient.
04:12And, of course, if you've seen me talk, when they don't last long and once they're decommissioned,
04:21you can't just throw them into a landfill like lithium batteries.
04:26They require a special decomposition area.
04:31So you're creating toxic wastes with these things.
04:36But on the macro level for a data center, it makes sense.
04:42Not big honking windmills out in the backyard surrounding, making a bunch of noise and killing a bunch of birds,
04:50annoying the neighbors.
04:52No.
04:52Drum barrel ones on the roof are quieter and more efficient and effective.
05:00Solar panels on the top of the data center, yes, to fuel the data center.
05:06Makes sense.
05:08Less of a draw on the energy grid as a whole, which can be a problem.
05:14Simple, common sense.
05:18The left can never apply common sense.
05:22It's up to us to use common sense.
05:27Thank you all.
05:28Take care.
05:28God bless.
05:29Love you all.
05:30Love you all.
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