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for the amount of money they make in the relatively small footprint, sacrificing a scrap of farmland is always worth it
by arccy 3y ago
for the amount of money they make in the relatively small footprint, sacrificing a scrap of farmland is always worth it
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoYou need a lot more than scrap farmland. The amount of water semi fabs consume is insane, and Taiwan doesn't have abundant clean water sources.
- audunw 3y agoRelevant Asianometry video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3RzODSR3gk&t=2s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3RzODSR3gk&t=2s TSMC is working to bring water consumption down, but yeah, the water consumption is still critical
- 15155 3y agoAren't most modern fabs re-using over 90% of their water?
- creer 3y agoAt the same time, you would think by now there would be better planning - preserving useful farming soil for farming. But yeah, the difference is too high for most places to bother. In any country I know of. It's fair also that some farming activity is not very compatible with high human density nearby, such as spraying and dust. So it's hard to intersperse high rises with production farmland.