EmpireInDecay@lemmy.ml to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoBiden Signs New Law Exempting Some Chip Projects From Environmental Reviewswww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down18 cross-posted to: usa@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldMlinkfedilinkarrow-up20·3 months agoChip fabrication uses TONS of water. https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/the-water-challenge-for-semiconductor-manufacturing-and-big-tech-what-needs-to-be-done/
minus-squareMatt@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 months agoAnd there are 11 separate wastewater streams that result from production.
minus-squareJoshuaFalken@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·3 months agoAnd here I thought jeans were problematic.
minus-squareEmpireInDecay@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·2 months agoAnd much of that wastewater will be now free of regulation.
Chip fabrication uses TONS of water.
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2024/07/the-water-challenge-for-semiconductor-manufacturing-and-big-tech-what-needs-to-be-done/
And there are 11 separate wastewater streams that result from production.
And here I thought jeans were problematic.
And much of that wastewater will be now free of regulation.