Elon Musk’s Colossus 2 data center installed 59 natural gas turbines without permission, report claims — thousands of tons of pollutants reportedly impact black communities in Mississippi already suffering from elevated lung disease rates
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Estimates suggest that about half of the unpermitted turbines generate 2,500 tons of NOx, 4,000 tons of CO, and 22 tons of formaldehyde every year.
  • Broadfern@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 hours ago

    Musk comes from South African apartheid blood money. His grandfather moved to the country because he liked said apartheid, iirc.

    The US also suffers from an abhorrent history and current climate of racism on top of its deeply ingrained classism.

    Not sure how deliberate the choice was, but exploiting and hurting marginalized communities seems to be a honed skill of the Musk family (not counting his kids who disowned him ofc, especially his daughter)

    Edit: Yep, I was right. From Wikipedia:

    Haldeman’s move to South Africa was motivated by support for apartheid, and he was a supporter of the ruling National Party of South Africa. Errol Musk said of his wife’s family: “They were very fanatical in favor of apartheid… [Maye’s] parents came to South Africa from Canada because they sympathised with the Afrikaner government.”[23]