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Even if people gave up laundry and bathing entirely, we wouldn't put a dent in overall water consumption compared to industrial uses like chip production or fra
by dtagames 2y ago
Even if people gave up laundry and bathing entirely, we wouldn't put a dent in overall water consumption compared to industrial uses like chip production or fracking.
It's always popular to blame the end user when corporations have terribly wasteful production processes and no accountability.
- knowitnone 2y agoit's always popular to blame the corporations when the end users fund these corporations
- ElCapitanMarkla 2y agoIs water use during chip production on the same magnitude as fracking? Genuinely curious as I didn’t even know it was at a level that was considered wasteful
- defrost 2y agoIf you're curious, chip production has quite the supply chain: In brief: https://bbnc.bens.org/semiconductors---page-3-key-inputs https://bbnc.bens.org/semiconductors---page-3-key-inputs In detail: https://www.interface-eu.org/publications/chip-productions-ecological-footprint https://www.interface-eu.org/publications/chip-productions-e... The annual flow of just the REE used in doping is here: https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S0169136823001439-ga1_lrg.jpg https://ars.els-cdn.com/content/image/1-s2.0-S01691368230014... and REE processing from mined concentrates to usable additives alone creates a few damfuls of low level readioactive waste in Malaysia that's a bit of an issue.