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Beth Bronson: 67 to 137 you said? 52 <br /> 53 <br />Adam Beeman: Yes. There is a AI plant in Wisconsin that when it's finally up and running it will consume 54 <br />the equivalent of 330,000 single family homes just to power this one building. 55 <br /> 56 <br />Charity Kirk: That's why DeepSeek is interesting because it's lower power. 57 <br /> 58 <br />Adam Beeman: Well, I mean, crypto currency you have all the data mining. It's just a constant power 59 <br />draw. All I want to say is, folks, when you're thinking about your future you might want to 60 <br />diversify all your electrical choices and don't just go to one path. 61 <br /> 62 <br />Charity Kirk: What does that mean, diversify all your electrical? 63 <br /> 64 <br />Adam Beeman: Well, I know some people, and I love my propane, and I will never give up my propane 65 <br />cooking or gas cooking, so don't fight me on that one. But really you need to have a little 66 <br />of everything. I know some people in Chapel Hill are heading to 100 percent electric. I 67 <br />have gone to people's houses, and we've put in their stoves, everything electric, and so 68 <br />now as that bill continues to climb, because it's never going to stop, 30 percent in 4 years, 69 <br />and if we have all that infrastructure that’s that old, it's just going to continue to turn over, 70 <br />and they're going to continue to pass that onto us. If we can have a little of everything, 71 <br />solar, wind, and normal power, then we'll probably have a better balance than if people all 72 <br />shovel to one way or the other. 73 <br /> 74 <br />Charity Kirk: So that's all like general community things, not personal things? 75 <br /> 76 <br />Adam Beeman: Correct. I just know that some communities were trying to ban gas appliances and all that 77 <br />other stuff and take that off as a choice in new construction. I am just saying I can't afford 78 <br />to go that route with all electric. We need to have that happy balance, so just something 79 <br />to think about. That is what I learned at the conference, that power is going to be quite in 80 <br />demand, especially if we have all these EV chargers and everything that everybody wants 81 <br />online. It's just something to think about, and the cost is never going to stop climbing. 82 <br /> 83 <br />Charity Kirk: Thank you for clarifying. 84 <br /> 85 <br />Adam Beeman: On that note, I'm going to let someone else do all the other stuff. We're going to vote for 86 <br />our chair. Do I have anybody that wants to volunteer for the chair? 87 <br /> 88 <br />Charity Kirk: Well, I think Chris and Lamar, I asked them, both were interested. Are you interested 89 <br />Beth? 90 <br /> 91 <br />Beth Bronson: Am I interested? No, I am not interested, but I would be flattered to be nominated. 92 <br /> 93 <br />Charity Kirk: Okay. 94 <br /> 95 <br />Chris Johnston: Wait, wait, wait. Charity, are you interested? 96 <br /> 97 <br />Charity Bronson: No, not really. I don't have the bandwidth for it, so it seems Chris and Lamar are 98 <br />interested. 99 <br /> 100 <br />Chris Johnston: I am interested in being vice chair. 101 <br />9