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		throwaway11460 on March 23, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Toxic rare earth mining industry at the heart of t... How so? If it wasn't for the green energy transition, someone would buold a gas power plant there.

angiosperm on March 24, 2024 [–]

Hint: A Google data center does not generate power.

throwaway11460 on March 24, 2024 | [–]

So what? Still, if it wasn't for the green transition, that power would be used, and a coal or gas power plant would be built to provide it.

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