RegularJoe@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMicrosoft buys more than a billion dollars’ worth of excrement, including human poop, to clean up its AI mess — company will pump waste underground to offset AI carbon emissionswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down17
arrow-up1366arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft buys more than a billion dollars’ worth of excrement, including human poop, to clean up its AI mess — company will pump waste underground to offset AI carbon emissionswww.tomshardware.comRegularJoe@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up27·2 days agoMy first thought was…how is this a good thing, we get a lot of our water from ground water…and now we’re pumping toxic shit into the ground. The fuck
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20arrow-down1·2 days agoDevil’s advocate says: 5000 ft is probably below groundwater level. But tbh idk. Hell, they could even use spent oil reservoirs.
minus-squareremotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-21 day ago use spent oil reservoirs Ok, that lead to some giggles thinking about some company drilling in the future thinking they were about to hit a strangely untapped oil field. Add a hundred years of methane pressure build up and that could be really interesting gusher.
minus-squareA_norny_mousse@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 hours agoWatching Landman or you just familiar with the lingo?
minus-squareremotelove@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·12 hours agoOh, was I using the correct lingo for hundred year old methane powered shit gushers? I had no idea. Lol!
My first thought was…how is this a good thing, we get a lot of our water from ground water…and now we’re pumping toxic shit into the ground. The fuck
Devil’s advocate says: 5000 ft is probably below groundwater level. But tbh idk. Hell, they could even use spent oil reservoirs.
Ok, that lead to some giggles thinking about some company drilling in the future thinking they were about to hit a strangely untapped oil field.
Add a hundred years of methane pressure build up and that could be really interesting gusher.
Watching Landman or you just familiar with the lingo?
Oh, was I using the correct lingo for hundred year old methane powered shit gushers? I had no idea. Lol!