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  • carbon sequestration is not ever going to work

    I don't know what you're talking about, it's a thing that is currently being done. Not some future hypothetical tech.

    But yes it is too expensive for now. Costs are coming down hopefully that continues to be the case.

    And yes, the best, cheapest, most efficient way to reduce ghg is to eliminate fossil fuels.

  • For California at least, residential use is about 10% of all water usage iirc. So if data centers are dwarfed by that...not a big concern in the big picture.

    The issue I guess is when data center usage sucks up all the local supply. State and region wide they don't use much but they do use a lot in one small area.

  • Not to mention a much higher carbon footprint.

    The reason evaporative coolers are cheap is because they use a fraction of the electricity that chillers do.

    And note that the majority of data center water usage is indirect via power generation, so using less water on site but more indirectly by consuming more power is both more expensive and less efficient.

    Unfortunately, evaporative coolers are the best way to go, for now.

  • Screw data centers, I want to see desalination combined with nuclear power plants. They literally generate power by boiling water, it's a match made in heaven.

    We just need a few more advances in technology to remove impurities from brine and we'd also corner the table salt market.

  • Good for them! I'm glad they got an excellent contract!

    But we need to keep in mind that "and benefits" is doing a lot of heavy lifting here. I looked at the contract, the pay is something like 30-40 an hour. Good, definitely a living wage, but not $170,000 good. People see that number and think it's the salary.

  • like a wet newspaper.

    Eyyy

    That all sounds totally reasonable, I'm just worried about future generations. If loan payoffs now cause inflated tuition for them, that's not fair and they will rightfully curse us like we curse boomers.

  • /kbin meta @kbin.social
    Aesthesiaphilia @kbin.social

    kbin notifications not working for the past week - anyone else?

    Any time I click on my notifications, I get directed to an Error 50x page that says:

    We are working on resolving the issues

    Over the next few days, there will be a change in server infrastructure. Temporary problems with the website's functionality may occur during this time.

    It's been over a week and still nothing...also haven't seen any posts about notifications being down, so is it just me?

    Showerthoughts @lemmy.world
    Aesthesiaphilia @kbin.social

    I feel sorry for dogs who don't have treats.

    Dog is a good boi, deserves a treat.