At least these sites (its more than Amazon) are being built near the energy source they will consume. Straight out of the ground into a turbine and then into the electron spinners.
Also there's not a lot of anything where these sites are located (Near El Paso). The 4-5 Road Runners who live around there will probably appreciate the change.
Dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49220350
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Don't these things get more efficient as they scale up? One big plant is probably better than 30 small ones.
efficient in money, nothing is said about other metrics
it's quite possible to have more product made, thus more pollution (or less materials consumed, thus less)
but concentration definitely will rise
sometime in the energy sector once told me "the solution to pollution is dilution"
These jet engine gas turbines create air pollution in the forms of formaldehyde and NOx and noise pollution.
At least these sites (its more than Amazon) are being built near the energy source they will consume. Straight out of the ground into a turbine and then into the electron spinners.
Also there's not a lot of anything where these sites are located (Near El Paso). The 4-5 Road Runners who live around there will probably appreciate the change.
West Texas is basically Mad Max 2.
This completely ignores carbon capture and offsets. Amazon remains committed to net zero.
Amazon is not capturing carbon in any meaningful scale and planting trees is great, until they capture fire.
Co2 is pollution now?
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On an industrial scale, yes, of course.
It's the main greenhouse gas contributing to climate change. Where have you been?
Sure, but it's only damaging globally. It's no more damaging to the local environment than to anywhere else on the planet.
Yes