76% of AZ water use is for agriculture, but that’s besides the point. I’ve read that most of the water used in a fab gets recycled, so once up and running, water usage isn’t as much if an issue as you’d think.
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aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
3 new chip fabs open recently around phx, which is in low-altitude desert, has had water supply issues for so long there’s a canal running from the Colo river through it all the way to Tucson.
Which is fed by a reservoir so low they find old mobster kills in barrels and might have to stop making power.
Why so stupid and short-sighted?
Ah, “faith-based”.
And a Republican governor made the deals. Who also allowed water to be used to grow alfalfa that’s sent to Saudi to feed their horses.
$$$ + no sense
jf0314@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
desktop_user@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Agriculture probably shouldn’t be happening in deserts
AliasVortex@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You raise very valid points, and water usage (and over allocation) is a huge issue but it is worth mentioning that Arizona has fairly consistent and predictable weather, decently reliable power grids (with access to cleaner energy sources like solar, hydro, and nuclear), and is pretty seismically stable.
Don’t get me wrong, water consumption is going to be a huge issue once these plants going forward, but I don’t think it’s entirely stupid and nonsensical to park them where they did.
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Just more evidence that conservatism is not a legitimate foundation for governance. Conservatism should be a disqualifier for positions of government leadership.
aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Intel has been receiving billions during the current administration and the last 2 generations of processors are defective.
They had to reanimate Gelsinger to try to save Intel from shitty decisions and are still flailing.
Meanwhile people on SSA have to fight for disability and achools for supplies, unless they’re voucher factories.
Govt still using predatory vendors like Google, Adode, and Microsoft in schools, so teaching students how to use subscription software rather than alternatives.
I think the problem is revolving doors between regulation and regulated entities.
Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Agreed.
I think progressive policies replacing existing conservative (incl. neoliberal) policies will go a long way to combat corporatocracy and kleptocracy.
It may not solve everything, but it might at least put some goddamn limits in place until we can find ways to overcome human greed.
aidan@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This was a bipartisan screw up, Biden after all led the initiative
jf0314@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Where do you think our cops are going to come from when China invades Taiwan? This was necessary.
aidan@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Then don’t blame the Republican governor xd. That’s my point.
PanArab@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Cows not horses. Peninsular Arabs are some of the few populations on Earth with the mutation that allows for lactose tolerance among adults. It developed over millennia of having nothing else to consume.
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aaaaace@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 weeks ago
Interesting…the company I applied to told me that it was grown and stored to be flown to Saudi for feeding thoroughbred horses. No mention of cows.