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I really think advocating against building data centers in Box Elder County Utah kind of gives away the whole game here. The impact logic is so clearly motivate
by tptacek 5mo ago
I really think advocating against building data centers in Box Elder County Utah kind of gives away the whole game here. The impact logic is so clearly motivated.
Have you ever been there? Or even near there? Like, driven from San Francisco to the East Coast at one point? It's a literal wasteland. It is like being on the moon.
- cratermoon 5mo agoI knew someone would come out and say that. To answer your question, I have driven through, multiple times. I suggest starting with Edward Abbey’s Desert Solitaire to raise your awareness.
- tptacek 5mo agoI've been there. If you could pick any place in the world to site a data center, Box Elder County would be high on the list.
- jwarden 5mo agoEdward Abby wrote about southern Utah. Red rock country. Box Elder County is northern Utah. Night and day.
- cratermoon 5mo agoYou missed the point. Ecosystems are not wastelands. Abbey’s descriptions of his Utah are compelling, but he’s still in places the uninformed would call dusty wastelands.
- tptacek 5mo agoThat is an argument against building data centers --- or anything else --- anywhere in the world.
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