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This Week in Tech with Jeanne DestroAuthor: Jeanne Destro
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One Thing Leads To Another: How Ohio Tech and Energy Concerns Reflect Global Disruption
Sunday, 7 June, 2026
This week's story is about the interconnected web of global technology and energy production, disruption, and politics. But more than that; it is about how Ohioans are caught up in that web, pushing back against it, trying to navigate it, and worrying about how it is affecting their everyday lives. Listen now to hear about how the lack of oil flowing from the Middle East because of the war with Iran, is affecting Ohioans with higher gas prices, and the possibility that if state and federal politicians decide to enact "gas tax holidays"; that could mean less money for much needed bridge repairs in Ohio. You'll also hear about a public hearing in the Ohio House which gave citizens the chance to speak out on what they believe will be the damaging effects of big data centers that power AI, how FirstEnergy is asking state regulators to approve rate increases over the next three years, and how they are already planning for a vast increase in the number of data centers in Ohio over the next decade. But Ohioans are not only concerned about energy-guzzling data centers. They are also worried about thousands of acres of farmland being turned into huge solar farms, as evidenced by a new decision this week from the Ohio Supreme Court. Wind energy is also an issue both nationwide and in Ohio, and we'll show how federal government policy and funding priorities has pulled the plug on what over the past couple of decades had begun to look like a promising new way to provide clean energy in Northeast Ohio and more recently, along the East Coast. When you connect the dots; what you will see is that all the technological, political, and cultural developments you hear about every day in the national news, actually are making a huge difference in the everyday lives of people who live very close to home. Listen now to find out how individuals, communities, and groups, are trying to adapt to, fight, change, or at least in some way have an effect on massive pressure brought to bear by big government, big technology, and big energy trends.
