Day after nuclear power vow, Meta announces largest-ever datacenter powered by fossil fuels

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Meta's biggest-ever datacenter won't be nuclear powered

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwashing
a form of advertising or marketing spin that deceptively uses green PR and green marketing to persuade the public that an organization's products, goals, or policies are environmentally friendly
"Together with our energy partner, Entergy, we are adding enough clean and renewable energy to the grid to cover 100% of the electricity use of our Richland Parish Data Center." [...]
Entergy noted that Meta has also committed to helping it install CCS technology at one of its power plants
Oh good lard. They're building 2 GW of gas capacity and will offset those separately.
- They're going to offset it right into the atmosphere, and probably figure out a way to claim a tax deduction for the "offset."
Deny, defend, depose.
- Remember, remember, the 4th of December.
  The day the exec was shot.
  I know of no reason
  Why the day he was deposed
  Should ever be forgot.
  
  https://youtu.be/kPIdRJlzERo
Looks like a huge amount of space for solar panels on that site plan.
- Yeah, but how about we place those solar panels somewhere else entirely? On a dewy meadow someplace else where they can't hurt our precious roofing or parking spaces? Doesn't that sound splendid?
Classic Zucc
Datacenter environmental impact is a short-term problem.
In ten years, we'll have significant renewable energy disposable.
- In ten years, we'll be lucky if all the food is still growing to keep all these people alive. Yes, including you.
  People vastly underestimate the scope of what climate change is going to do to us, quite soon.
  https://predicament.substack.com/p/what-most-people-dont-understand
  
  Solar panels are the natural photosynthetic plants turned into technology.
  Let's see how things unfold.

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