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[–] [email protected] 87 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

not to mention one of the reasons we eagerly off-shored electronics fabrication in the first place is because it’s a toxic nightmare

[–] [email protected] 10 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Toxic as in workplace relations or toxic as in environmental effects? Or some other third meaning?

[–] [email protected] 46 points 4 days ago (1 children)

environmental effects

Fortune article last year just talked about water and power in just the chip sector: The chip industry’s dirty little secret: It’s very dirty

“At Intel’s Arizona campus, where the new facilities are still unfinished, the company already emits about two tons of hazardous air pollutants quarterly.”

[–] [email protected] 20 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Good thing Trump gives zero fucks about the climate and environment then /s

[–] [email protected] 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You get a Bhopal! And you get a Bhopal! Everyone gets a Bhopal!