| ▲ | imbusy111 2 hours ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
And you don't see any problem with burning more natural gas? | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | kleiba2 2 hours ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> What do you want the county to do? We can't tell someone that it's illegal to use their land. This is happening. I'm happy that we're getting a good deal out of it. You were asking for good reason against the data centers - I would imagine not being complicit in the detrimental effects caused by burning exorbitant amounts of fossils for electricity could be one of them. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | rayiner 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Advancing civilization will require increasing energy use, yes. That's always been the long-term trend of development. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | Levitz 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The problem is that anyone who actually cares about such thing has like a dozen better venues to deal with it than data centers, yet they haven't in their lives thought of a single one. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | twiclo 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
What do you want the county to do? We can't tell someone that it's illegal to use their land. This is happening. I'm happy that we're getting a good deal out of it. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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