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With the backlash to data centers, Flock and AI glasses, a mass opposition to big tech is underway. Silicon Valley is in denial.
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The powers that be want to create artificial shortages of everything we use so they can control us
that's why no one's talking about climate change anymore. 1. because it's obviously bullshit and was only ever going to be used as an excuse to turn every free country into a dictatorship
and 2. because of the massive amounts of electricity and water the data centers will use when they're built
What? you actually believe in climate change? You must be pretty young. In my lifetime I've been told there's a hole in the ozone layer that's going to cause the end of the world 30 years ago and that there isn't going to be any ice in the polar regions by 16 years ago.
But the same people who told me that have gigantic mansions with 4 industrial AC units each on beachfront property who also own multiple private jets. "oh but I bought carbon offsets" No, they get to write that off on their taxes, WE paid for their indulgences
It's like a church charging YOU for an indulgence that someone else gets to benefit from
I’m an Australian, The hole in the ozone layer was a real threat and my skin was definitely negatively affected by the amount of UV I was exposed to. When it was publicised, we saw a social and commercial shift in use of CFCs.
Aerosol cans with CFCs were removed and recycled (probably generating more waste, but whatever).
Mechanics and technicians working on A/Cs and fridges were much more careful with refrigerant.
10 years later, when the Hole recovered, we anecdotally observed less cases of severe sunburn. It may have also been a social awareness thing: with more people using Sunscreen et al, but the measurable reducing in UV was undoubtedly also a factor.
The benefit of removing airborne heavy metals (Pb-based paint and exhaust) is less measurable,but I feel that people with less exposure in their lifetime were more cognitive.
I also deal with a few people in my life who are CC denialists. They are also Y2K denialists so maybe they were exposed to significantly more lead paint than me…
I was gonna say, I bet this person also thinks that Y2K was overblown and that the polio vaccine was worthless.