▲ 225 ▼ ‘We are screwed’: People near data centers dread heat wave pollution. (www.politico.com) submitted 2 months ago by sanitation@lemmy.today to c/technology@lemmy.world 31 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (3 children) Better to hit the substation supplying it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 6 points 2 months ago* (2 children) Substations are full of oil-cooled power transformers. Oil-cooled power transformers are large, obvious targets that can be permanently disabled by a single hit from a decently powerful rifle, even at great distance (all you have to do is punch a hole in it and let the oil leak out so it overheats), and they're expensive and time-consuming to replace. Just saying... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) There was an incident a few years back where someone shot one up to cut power for a gay bar or some such other harmless thing. They never did find the person who did it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago If only such power could be used for good... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 6 points 2 months ago* (2 children) Substations are full of oil-cooled power transformers. Oil-cooled power transformers are large, obvious targets that can be permanently disabled by a single hit from a decently powerful rifle, even at great distance (all you have to do is punch a hole in it and let the oil leak out so it overheats), and they're expensive and time-consuming to replace. Just saying... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) There was an incident a few years back where someone shot one up to cut power for a gay bar or some such other harmless thing. They never did find the person who did it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago If only such power could be used for good... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CADmonkey@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 child) There was an incident a few years back where someone shot one up to cut power for a gay bar or some such other harmless thing. They never did find the person who did it. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago If only such power could be used for good... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] OwOarchist@pawb.social 2 points 2 months ago If only such power could be used for good... permalink fedilink source parent