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This is hardly under the radar, it’s all over the news.

• frereubu 4mo ago
  They mean an attempt like this, but one that they manage to keep quiet and out of the press.
• pavel_lishin 4mo ago
  I wonder, if I asked the next dozen people I meet, whether they would have any idea about this.
  • KPGv2 4mo ago
    The only people this is relevant to are Albanians. I don't expect an Albanian to know about data centers being built in Texas. Hell, I don't expect Michiganders to know about them.
    • RetroTechie 4mo ago
      > The only people this is relevant to are Albanians. That's a short-sighted view. Nature destruction is relevant to people everywhere. The locals might not even care much (unlike in this case, fortunately). What if this construction project would wipe out animal species x, y or z? That's a permanent, irreversible loss for the world as a whole. What if some species loses its breeding ground, decimating a population elsewhere? Or takes out a stop halfway a migration route? Destruction of nature always has 2nd order effects. Don't ignore just because you don't live there.
      • KPGv2 4mo ago
        It's not short-sighted. It's a recognition of time being a finite resource. One can't know everything. Perhaps I should've said "this only matters to Albanians because everyone else has significantly more pressing matters than this in their own countries.