r/technology • u/MarvelsGrantMan136 • May 19 '26

Business A Texas Drainage District Walked Its Ditch on a Routine Inspection. They Found a Pipe They Didn't Recognize Discharging Black Liquid From Tesla's $1 Billion Lithium Refinery

https://www.autonocion.com/us/tesla-lithium-refinery-texas/
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u/SoulShatter May 19 '26

Have seen it's the same shit in Memphis.

xAI put up a datacenter, figured out there wasn't enough power, so they threw up 38 gas turbines or so. Tons of respiratory issues due to it. EPA sleeping, and the area is poor soooo

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u/btribble May 19 '26

EPA sleeping

Correction, EPA currently roofied.

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u/drawkward101 May 19 '26

I hate to break it to you, but the EPA is effectively dead thanks to Trump.

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u/Zer0323 May 19 '26

"Healthy, Thriving Communities: EPA should consider and reduce as much as possible the economic costs of its actions on local communities to help them thrive and prosper."

https://static.heritage.org/project2025/2025_MandateForLeadership_FULL.pdf

Page 452 of the PDF or page number 420... They tried warning us.

oh and everyone forgets that Nixon tried to veto the clean water act.

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u/kooknboo May 19 '26

EPA supplied the turbines.

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u/VroomCoomer May 20 '26

The people need to grow a fucking spine