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Amazon Is Creating the Biggest Pollution Source in the Country (newrepublic.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by arotrios@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.bestiver.se/post/1275280

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[–] VicksVaporBBQrub@sh.itjust.works 14 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, boy. Future news headlines are going to rival 'Florida man'.

" A 5th-generation cattle rancher fires civil war cannons at datacenter's onsite KV electric lines, uses his tractor to tow live cables 18 miles across his property in the middle of the night, to repower city of Fort Worth after third night of mandatory blackouts..."

[–] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Amazon is, itself, pollution.

[–] Eryn6844@piefed.blahaj.zone -3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

sounds like a Texas problem to me.

[–] besmtt@lemmy.world 21 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

So will all that pollution stay in Texas?

[–] pdxfed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, along with anyone's data.

[–] SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 2 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

We could just build a big wall all around Texas. Or how about a big glass dome?