PROJECT JUPITERForce Upgrade

Do not cancel it. Force the upgrade. Five conditions, one signature.

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To the Doña Ana County Board of Commissioners, the New Mexico Environment Department, and the New Mexico Legislature:

We do not ask you to cancel Project Jupiter. We ask you to force its upgrade. Before the first fuel cell turns on in Santa Teresa, make the following conditions binding on the air permit, the water permits, and the $165 billion in Industrial Revenue Bonds:

1
Carbon capture installed on the fuel-cell stacks from the first day of operation, catching at least 90% of the CO₂.
Their plan today: About 10 million tons of CO₂ a year go straight into the sky. No capture is planned.
Why it matters: The exhaust is about 95% CO₂ once dried, the easiest kind to catch, and the maker of the fuel cells already sells the equipment.
2
One air permit for the whole campus that accepts the strict federal review, with a public air monitor on every stack.
Their plan today: The filing keeps each smog gas just under 250 tons a year, the amount that would trigger the strict review and the best pollution controls.
Why it matters: Sunland Park has failed the federal ozone standard since 2018. Public meters let anyone check the air the same day.
3
The computers' waste heat offered to greenhouse growers on the empty acres beside the cooling fans, local growers first.
Their plan today: All the heat, about 2,400 megawatts, is blown into the desert by fans. The land beside them stays bare.
Why it matters: About 150 acres of greenhouses would grow about 60 million pounds of food a year and add about 1,000 jobs. Gothenburg does this today.
4
The NMSU-designed water plant built and handed to the local utility: 5 million gallons a day of clean water from salty groundwater.
Their plan today: Drinking water is taken from the local utility and more is pumped from the fresh aquifer. The signed deal funds only a $250,000 study of the plant.
Why it matters: The plant is already designed and priced at $269 million, about 0.16% of the bond. It gives back more water than the campus takes.
5
The county tax break paid only as permanent jobs are verified each year, and a $50 million training institute on site so the jobs go to people who live here.
Their plan today: The signed agreement binds the company to 750 jobs and $4 million for workforce programs, with the tax break paid regardless.
Why it matters: With greenhouses, the water plant and capture, about 3,000 permanent jobs are possible. Verification makes the number real instead of advertised.

Same land. Same timeline. About 1.5% more money. Clean air, new water, local food, and about 3,000 permanent jobs instead of the 750 they signed for. Their own plan, finished properly.