@Fullantho@AZLandInvestor@horchata999@drmoneymatters@cflav@jackhealyNYT Not debating the water usage stats. But this ignores:
1.) How aquifers work entirely
2.) Years long legal battles to change water rights
3.) A decade of infrastructure design/permitting/building which seemingly hasn't started
What's being suggested is the irl version of this
@littlearimixerr@sam_fukin_Nella I cant speak to the air element, but I'd try to figure out if your tap water is safe. Find out where your regional water authority draws from, and see if they've released any testing results. Don't assume your home water filter will be helpful unless the manufacturer can confirm.
@JavaInfused@saylor@MicroStrategy Someone actually had to take possession of all that oil which was the main issue.
Also I tend to think of btc as a sort of bearer asset, whereas oil is definitely a commodity.
@AdBaumann@slucy Third is in seismic design cost that they don't have. Also underground soil conditions in parts of California are some of the worst in the world to build on. Fourth, labor costs in California may be higher.
There's definitely other issues. But these are tangible at least
@AdBaumann@slucy I have a few guesses for this, and I'll leave all the government stuff out of it. First is inflation. They finished this job several years before we started. Second is in right of way acquisition. It's difficult to do in the US and emmenent domain a long and expensive process
@RlGl13 @Ukrainewarpics I've heard the same thing youre saying, but haven't seen anything definitive on it yet. What's really wild to me is that they have to mark the people and equipment that carefully because everything (down to the uniforms) is so similar between the two armies