sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.eduexternal-linkmessage-square64linkfedilinkarrow-up1424arrow-down112
arrow-up1412arrow-down1external-linkBy 2030, AI's water use will match the needs of 1.3 billion people while its power use triples that of 650 million, UN University investigation warnsunu.edusanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square64linkfedilink
minus-squareprole@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·2 months agoMany states with proper regulation would never allow this for literally any other industry without extensive permitting, and rightfully forcing the company to build its own treatment plants to support the increased load on existing systems But somehow, nope. Fuck all that I guess.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah the billionaires just bribe the state government. Easy.
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoTherefore there are (or: need to be) laws and courts who can check even the actions of governments.
minus-squarejaybone@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoThe courts and the law makers are owned by the same billionaires.
minus-squareZwuzelmaus@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago… in countries which I call “unregulated”
Many states with proper regulation would never allow this for literally any other industry without extensive permitting, and rightfully forcing the company to build its own treatment plants to support the increased load on existing systems
But somehow, nope. Fuck all that I guess.
Yeah the billionaires just bribe the state government. Easy.
Therefore there are (or: need to be) laws and courts who can check even the actions of governments.
The courts and the law makers are owned by the same billionaires.
… in countries which I call “unregulated”