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Looks like it's surrounded by ponds to contain potential flooding. And it's apparently getting 3 new power plants.

toomuchtodo 1y ago
> While Meta has a non-binding promise to build more renewable energy, the Louisiana Legislature passed a new law that adds natural gas to the definition of green energy, allowing Zuckerberg and others to count Entergy’s gas turbines as “green.” This means it isn't securities fraud when Meta tries to meet "climate commitments" due to the greenwashing of fossil gas generation by the state of Louisiana. Louisiana is a low regulation jurisdiction that doesn't care if most of the state ends up a Superfund site, so it is ideal to colocate data centers that are going to burn up a bunch of fossil gas there over their lifetime (when they are unwelcome elsewhere). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Alley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Alley https://www.propublica.org/article/toxmap-poison-in-the-air https://www.propublica.org/article/toxmap-poison-in-the-air https://www.propublica.org/article/cancer-alley-louisiana-epa-environmental-racism https://www.propublica.org/article/cancer-alley-louisiana-ep... https://www.propublica.org/article/welcome-to-cancer-alley-where-toxic-air-is-about-to-get-worse https://www.propublica.org/article/welcome-to-cancer-alley-w...
- mlinhares 1y ago
  And people say blood sacrifices have ended in the modern world.
- tomByrer 1y ago
  While I like solar & wind, when oil is drilled, natural gas is often burned off at the drill site. So if it is going to be burned, might as well make electrify from it. "World Bank is urging energy firms to gather the gas and sell it to businesses and consumers.... Companies can use the gas in mobile electricity generating stations, to power their oil drilling sites, or as a fuel in petrochemical plants." https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63051458 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63051458 https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/gasflaringreduction/gas-flaring-explained https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/gasflaringreduction/ga... https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/cvawx7/eli5_why_do_oil_rigs_at_sea_have_a_constant_flame/ https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/cvawx7/e...
  - toomuchtodo 1y ago
    As long as it is fossil gas that would've otherwise been flared or not captured at all, I strongly agree.
stockresearcher 1y ago
A major Mississippi River flood could drown the site, but generally I’d think the risk level is fairly low. It’s north of the Old River/Morganza flood control system. I think this would have to fail first in order for the Meta site to be in danger. Also, if the New Madrid fault went off again, I think you’d kiss this site goodbye. But if that happened you’d have about a million higher priority concerns than a stupid data center.

> While Meta has a non-binding promise to build more renewable energy, the Louisiana Legislature passed a new law that adds natural gas to the definition of green energy, allowing Zuckerberg and others to count Entergy’s gas turbines as “green.” This means it isn't securities fraud when Meta tries to meet "climate commitments" due to the greenwashing of fossil gas generation by the state of Louisiana. Louisiana is a low regulation jurisdiction that doesn't care if most of the state ends up a Superfund site, so it is ideal to colocate data centers that are going to burn up a bunch of fossil gas there over their lifetime (when they are unwelcome elsewhere). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Alley https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cancer_Alley https://www.propublica.org/article/toxmap-poison-in-the-air https://www.propublica.org/article/toxmap-poison-in-the-air https://www.propublica.org/article/cancer-alley-louisiana-epa-environmental-racism https://www.propublica.org/article/cancer-alley-louisiana-ep... https://www.propublica.org/article/welcome-to-cancer-alley-where-toxic-air-is-about-to-get-worse https://www.propublica.org/article/welcome-to-cancer-alley-w...

mlinhares 1y ago
And people say blood sacrifices have ended in the modern world.
tomByrer 1y ago
While I like solar & wind, when oil is drilled, natural gas is often burned off at the drill site. So if it is going to be burned, might as well make electrify from it. "World Bank is urging energy firms to gather the gas and sell it to businesses and consumers.... Companies can use the gas in mobile electricity generating stations, to power their oil drilling sites, or as a fuel in petrochemical plants." https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63051458 https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-63051458 https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/gasflaringreduction/gas-flaring-explained https://www.worldbank.org/en/programs/gasflaringreduction/ga... https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/cvawx7/eli5_why_do_oil_rigs_at_sea_have_a_constant_flame/ https://www.reddit.com/r/explainlikeimfive/comments/cvawx7/e...
- toomuchtodo 1y ago
  As long as it is fossil gas that would've otherwise been flared or not captured at all, I strongly agree.

stockresearcher 1y ago

A major Mississippi River flood could drown the site, but generally I’d think the risk level is fairly low. It’s north of the Old River/Morganza flood control system. I think this would have to fail first in order for the Meta site to be in danger. Also, if the New Madrid fault went off again, I think you’d kiss this site goodbye. But if that happened you’d have about a million higher priority concerns than a stupid data center.