▲ 505 ▼ Data centers consumed 264B gallons of water as drought hits nearly 63% of US (www.barchart.com) submitted 2 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world 105 comments fedilink hide all child comments cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1154831 Comments
[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 10 points 2 months ago (4 children) They’re in fuck around mode, they’ll eventually find out how it works. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 8 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children) Their plan is: they fuck around, and let the rest of us find out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) I’m talking about when aquifers don’t refill, their data centers can’t operate, the cattle have long since died of dehydration, and Midwest is a dust bowl again. The US hasn’t had anything close to an African level drought/famine, starving and thirsty masses get real nasty. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) True but I think we will suffer more permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago People blow their minds, They choose to resign, This deformed society is part of a design, It'll never go away, It's in the cards that way, The masses of humanity have always, Always had to suffer Bad Religion, Suffer, title track 1988 😒 yeah. We are, we will. I’ve known that since before I found a song that summed my feelings up a half generation before I could. But also, knowing it’s coming, knowing what it will entail, knowing it’s probably going to suck… what are we up to to limit that? permalink fedilink source parent [–] GhostFace@lemmy.today 1 point 2 months ago We probably will. That's how it always works. They take all the risks, we pay the consequences for those risks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) we are just missing the plague of locusts that africa and ME has. ours went extinct apparently, because we destroyed thier habitat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago Agreed. Different environments, different “plagues”. I’ve never seen grasshoppers hit that threshold where they go locust mode, but I’ve seen Anabrus simplex (Mormon crickets) so thick they turn modern highways into slip’n’slides. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kreskin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Our lack of drinking water is a sacrifice they are willing to make. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kaotic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago I think a lot of them know, they are just hoping to cash out before the find out phase. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago Probably. This can get dangerous. permalink fedilink source parent [–] spock@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (3 children) I think it's easy regulation, just require a zero-evaporation closed-loop design. I don't know why this isn't a federal requirement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* Because the regime in charge doesn't give a fuck about the environment. They don't care whether or not we have a drought, if we all drown in flood waters, or if we're dying in a heat wave. You're asking for regulation from the deregulation kings. permalink fedilink source parent [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago I’d be all for closed-loop data centers if I believed the people building them were building them for the advancement of humanity and best use of resources in mind. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 2 months ago The purpose of a system is what it does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca [S] 8 points 2 months ago (2 children) Their plan is: they fuck around, and let the rest of us find out. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) I’m talking about when aquifers don’t refill, their data centers can’t operate, the cattle have long since died of dehydration, and Midwest is a dust bowl again. The US hasn’t had anything close to an African level drought/famine, starving and thirsty masses get real nasty. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) True but I think we will suffer more permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago People blow their minds, They choose to resign, This deformed society is part of a design, It'll never go away, It's in the cards that way, The masses of humanity have always, Always had to suffer Bad Religion, Suffer, title track 1988 😒 yeah. We are, we will. I’ve known that since before I found a song that summed my feelings up a half generation before I could. But also, knowing it’s coming, knowing what it will entail, knowing it’s probably going to suck… what are we up to to limit that? permalink fedilink source parent [–] GhostFace@lemmy.today 1 point 2 months ago We probably will. That's how it always works. They take all the risks, we pay the consequences for those risks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) we are just missing the plague of locusts that africa and ME has. ours went extinct apparently, because we destroyed thier habitat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago Agreed. Different environments, different “plagues”. I’ve never seen grasshoppers hit that threshold where they go locust mode, but I’ve seen Anabrus simplex (Mormon crickets) so thick they turn modern highways into slip’n’slides. permalink fedilink source parent [–] kreskin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Our lack of drinking water is a sacrifice they are willing to make. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) I’m talking about when aquifers don’t refill, their data centers can’t operate, the cattle have long since died of dehydration, and Midwest is a dust bowl again. The US hasn’t had anything close to an African level drought/famine, starving and thirsty masses get real nasty. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) True but I think we will suffer more permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago People blow their minds, They choose to resign, This deformed society is part of a design, It'll never go away, It's in the cards that way, The masses of humanity have always, Always had to suffer Bad Religion, Suffer, title track 1988 😒 yeah. We are, we will. I’ve known that since before I found a song that summed my feelings up a half generation before I could. But also, knowing it’s coming, knowing what it will entail, knowing it’s probably going to suck… what are we up to to limit that? permalink fedilink source parent [–] GhostFace@lemmy.today 1 point 2 months ago We probably will. That's how it always works. They take all the risks, we pay the consequences for those risks. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) we are just missing the plague of locusts that africa and ME has. ours went extinct apparently, because we destroyed thier habitat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago Agreed. Different environments, different “plagues”. I’ve never seen grasshoppers hit that threshold where they go locust mode, but I’ve seen Anabrus simplex (Mormon crickets) so thick they turn modern highways into slip’n’slides. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (2 children) True but I think we will suffer more permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago People blow their minds, They choose to resign, This deformed society is part of a design, It'll never go away, It's in the cards that way, The masses of humanity have always, Always had to suffer Bad Religion, Suffer, title track 1988 😒 yeah. We are, we will. I’ve known that since before I found a song that summed my feelings up a half generation before I could. But also, knowing it’s coming, knowing what it will entail, knowing it’s probably going to suck… what are we up to to limit that? permalink fedilink source parent [–] GhostFace@lemmy.today 1 point 2 months ago We probably will. That's how it always works. They take all the risks, we pay the consequences for those risks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago People blow their minds, They choose to resign, This deformed society is part of a design, It'll never go away, It's in the cards that way, The masses of humanity have always, Always had to suffer Bad Religion, Suffer, title track 1988 😒 yeah. We are, we will. I’ve known that since before I found a song that summed my feelings up a half generation before I could. But also, knowing it’s coming, knowing what it will entail, knowing it’s probably going to suck… what are we up to to limit that? permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GhostFace@lemmy.today 1 point 2 months ago We probably will. That's how it always works. They take all the risks, we pay the consequences for those risks. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) we are just missing the plague of locusts that africa and ME has. ours went extinct apparently, because we destroyed thier habitat. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago Agreed. Different environments, different “plagues”. I’ve never seen grasshoppers hit that threshold where they go locust mode, but I’ve seen Anabrus simplex (Mormon crickets) so thick they turn modern highways into slip’n’slides. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago Agreed. Different environments, different “plagues”. I’ve never seen grasshoppers hit that threshold where they go locust mode, but I’ve seen Anabrus simplex (Mormon crickets) so thick they turn modern highways into slip’n’slides. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago Our lack of drinking water is a sacrifice they are willing to make. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] kaotic@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago I think a lot of them know, they are just hoping to cash out before the find out phase. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Vinylraupe@lemmy.zip 1 point 2 months ago Probably. This can get dangerous. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] spock@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (3 children) I think it's easy regulation, just require a zero-evaporation closed-loop design. I don't know why this isn't a federal requirement. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* Because the regime in charge doesn't give a fuck about the environment. They don't care whether or not we have a drought, if we all drown in flood waters, or if we're dying in a heat wave. You're asking for regulation from the deregulation kings. permalink fedilink source parent [–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago I’d be all for closed-loop data centers if I believed the people building them were building them for the advancement of humanity and best use of resources in mind. permalink fedilink source parent [–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 2 months ago The purpose of a system is what it does. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] capt_wolf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* Because the regime in charge doesn't give a fuck about the environment. They don't care whether or not we have a drought, if we all drown in flood waters, or if we're dying in a heat wave. You're asking for regulation from the deregulation kings. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] backalleycoyote@lemmy.today 3 points 2 months ago I’d be all for closed-loop data centers if I believed the people building them were building them for the advancement of humanity and best use of resources in mind. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] zbyte64@awful.systems 2 points 2 months ago The purpose of a system is what it does. permalink fedilink source parent