Critics have exaggerated the electricity and water costs of data centers.
Critics have exaggerated the electricity and water costs of data centers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Q6t2PxZxDE
Tag: Water
Coal is Extremely Dumb
Compared to the alternatives, coal is worse for air pollution, worse for ocean pollution, worse for global warming, uses more water, is less efficient, and costs more. Coal was a competitive source of energy before we had modern gas plants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfvBx4D0Cms
The Ocean’s Invisible 15,000 TWh Goldmine
Renewable energy from salt and fresh water doing some weird shit together!?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kko09WIC6yc
Trump threatens to raise tariffs on Mexico over Rio Grande water deliveries
“Texas farmers have long pushed for Mexico to send more water to meet the obligations of the 81-year-old treaty that says Mexico is obligated to deliver 1.75 million acre-feet of water to the U.S. every five years. Trump also threatened sanctions and tariffs against Mexico in April, complaining then that the country had delivered less than 30 percent of the requirement over a five-year window that ended in October.
Mexico argues that climate change-driven drought has hindered its ability to send the requisite water, but officials promised to send 420,000 acre-feet to the U.S. by October.”
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/12/08/trump-tariffs-mexico-rio-grande-water-00682220
How Deep Sea Water is Now Drinkable
Cool underwater desalination technology that could help solve water crises. It’s not cost efficient yet. It’s lighter on the environment than land-based plants.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu_IcFpEkg0
The truth about American drinking water: Report shows widespread presence of hazardous chemicals
““The impact of human activities on our environment inevitably trickles downstream, impacting our drinking water,” EWG senior science analyst Sydney Evans tells Fortune. She adds that while many of the contaminants have likely been long present in our water and are only being detected now because of improved scientific methods, others appear to be new.
“I would argue that a lot of it has been the way that chemicals and industries are regulated in this country—allowing for a huge number of chemicals to be approved without a whole lot of underlying research to prove that they’re safe,” she says.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/truth-american-drinking-water-report-050100704.html
For the First Time in 80 Years, the U.S. Denies Mexico’s Request for Water
“For the first time in more than 80 years, the U.S. has denied Mexico’s request for water from the Colorado River, escalating tensions over a water-sharing agreement between the two nations.
The State Department says it denied the request because Mexico hasn’t complied with the 1944 treaty that established the water-sharing system. That agreement requires Mexico to send 1.75 million acre-feet of water from the Rio Grande to the U.S. every five years. In turn, the U.S. must send 1.5 million acre-feet of water to Mexico from the Colorado River each year.
By the end of 2024, Mexico had delivered only a quarter of what it owed for the current five-year period, which ends in October. Mexico has been struggling with severe droughts for several years. In the first quarter of 2024, the country’s agricultural production fell by 6.1 percent, according to a report from the Bank of Mexico. Activity in the north-central regions, which includes the border states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, and Nuevo León, fell by 3.3 percent. The country has sought emergency water deliveries to alleviate the strain on its water systems.”
https://reason.com/2025/03/31/for-the-first-time-in-80-years-the-u-s-denies-mexicos-request-for-water/
Trump says he opened California’s water. Local officials say he nearly flooded them.
Trump says he opened California’s water. Local officials say he nearly flooded them.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-administration-orders-alarming-water-001200240.html
Gazans turn on Hamas as food shortage fuels disorder
“Desperate Palestinians have begun attacking Hamas security forces as tensions grow in Gaza over chronic shortages of food, water and medicine.
In rare acts of defiance, Gazans hurled rocks at Hamas police who tried to jump a queue for water”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/gazans-turn-hamas-food-shortage-120846775.html