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> For The Netherlands, construction work causes emissions. There are limits to these emissions. Building a data center means you can't simultaneously build a ho
by JuniperMesos 6mo ago
> For The Netherlands, construction work causes emissions. There are limits to these emissions. Building a data center means you can't simultaneously build a house anywhere nearby the construction site as that would cause the local emissions to go over the set limits.
This is an insane regulation, and I wonder if it was passed by NIMBYs whose actual goal is to prevent the construction of housing near them.
- retired 6mo agoI recently read an article that 8 cows needed to be moved 5 kilometers so they could build a bicycle path. The cows combined with the construction of the new bicycle path caused too much local emissions. The municipality bought the emissions rights from the farmers that held those 8 cows and the farmers then had to move/remove/slaughter 8 cows. Welcome to The Netherlands.
- JuniperMesos 6mo agoThis is the sort of thing that people are willing to elect politicians who deny the existence of global warming in order to avoid.