President Donald Trump declared a national emergency Wednesday over foreign-made equipment that the White House warned could leave the nation’s power system vulnerable to sabotage and catastrophic disruption. Trump signed an executive order aimed at protecting “the security, integrity, and reliabili...
  • NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net
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    6 days ago

    I wonder what’s causing all this extra power drain.

    Im sure it can’t have anything to do with all the surveillance data centers being built to watch the masses every second of the day.

    • ramble81@lemmy.zip
      6·
      6 days ago

      Just saw a FB thread where people were arguing the DCs are okay because they sourced a lot of generators to run on, and they use DEF fluid so they’re clean. I didn’t have the care to argue with them how badly that is actually polluting.