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What's the tremendous externality of gas generators? People heat their own homes with natural gas and it's no big deal. How can a datacenter that is miles away

by redox99 5mo ago

What's the tremendous externality of gas generators? People heat their own homes with natural gas and it's no big deal. How can a datacenter that is miles away be worse than that?

jLaForest 5mo ago
The gas furnace in my basement don't have a massive jet turbine emiting high frequency noise
- redox99 5mo ago
  I wouldn't call noise pollution a "tremendous externality". The gas turbines should just be placed far enough from where people live.
  - ben_w 5mo ago
    Should, but in fact are too close.
    - redox99 5mo ago
      It's not a tremendous externality. It only affects a very small group that lives nearby. A tremendous externality was leaded gas that was everywhere.
- alex_duf 5mo ago
  It's the low frequencies that's more of an issue apparently. Benn Jordan has a great series of videos about it, including one on Colossus
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coliveira 5mo ago
How can something that is a million times bigger than your home be any different, right?
m4rtink 5mo ago
Its totally inefficient - burning the same gas in a co-generation plant, ideally combined with district heating, would produce the same amount of pollution and basically make use of all the energy.