ArtikBanana@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThree Mile Island owner seeks $1.6 billion federal loan to restart nuclear plant for Microsoft AI facilitywww.phillyvoice.comexternal-linkmessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squarepeopleproblems@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoNo, see that is explicitly not what I agreed with before. Microsoft buys the plant and Microsoft pays start and maintenance cost. If it will privately benefit Microsoft they can privately fund it.
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoIt’s a taxpayer loan, so they pay it back, right?
minus-squareCrashumbc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoUntil the loan is forgiven a few later…
minus-squareSendMePhotos@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoOh so it’s like a PPP loan that Republicans will take out and have forgiven and then complain about student loan debt forgiveness.
minus-squareJarix@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoWhat kind of interest is on that loan?
No, see that is explicitly not what I agreed with before.
Microsoft buys the plant and Microsoft pays start and maintenance cost.
If it will privately benefit Microsoft they can privately fund it.
It’s a taxpayer loan, so they pay it back, right?
Until the loan is forgiven a few later…
Oh so it’s like a PPP loan that Republicans will take out and have forgiven and then complain about student loan debt forgiveness.
[Smiling Anakin]
What kind of interest is on that loan?