technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com to Fuck AI@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoElon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center installed 59 natural gas turbines without permission, report claims — thousands of tons of pollutants reportedly impact black communities in Mississippi already suffwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up1265arrow-down11cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 days agoThat would mean they are wasting money, which is just about the most important thing not to do, so I doubt it. Perhaps there is an explanation that is a bit more sensible. But I have zero data for data centers turbine use, let alone near minorities.
minus-squarepivot_root@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·7 days agoIt could be strategic. Pollute the environment in poor communities that can’t afford to fight it until it drives down property value, then buy the property and use it to generate even more profit.
minus-squareglimse@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 days agoIs this actually documented? It’s not like there’s a shortage of land
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoBut the pollution they create is pretty much only CO2? So climate issue but not locally like NOx, SO2 or particulates.
minus-squareHanrahan@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·6 days agoand noise pollution and CH4 from fugitive emissions and heat
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 days agoOkay, noise is a local issue. But much? I don’t think their emissions matter locally. Let alone so much that it drives down property values.
That would mean they are wasting money, which is just about the most important thing not to do, so I doubt it.
Perhaps there is an explanation that is a bit more sensible. But I have zero data for data centers turbine use, let alone near minorities.
It could be strategic. Pollute the environment in poor communities that can’t afford to fight it until it drives down property value, then buy the property and use it to generate even more profit.
Is this actually documented? It’s not like there’s a shortage of land
But the pollution they create is pretty much only CO2? So climate issue but not locally like NOx, SO2 or particulates.
and noise pollution and CH4 from fugitive emissions and heat
Okay, noise is a local issue. But much? I don’t think their emissions matter locally. Let alone so much that it drives down property values.