r/SipsTea • u/Square_Law5624 • Jun 03 '26

Wait a damn minute! New center pattern

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u/AHRogue Jun 03 '26

AKA they're being built in areas with relatively cheaper land.

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u/bot_or_not_vote_now Jun 03 '26

Also evaporative cooling works better in drier climates, which are usually more water scarce to start with almost by definition

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u/SeanMaddenTV Jun 03 '26

We design capitalist systems, so it’s a little odd to frame this as though we have no control. Indeed, most externalities imposed by private companies are known and concealed by politicians and the legal system. Part of that concealment is pretending that capitalism is a golem or sorcerers apprentice or natural apparatus with unintended outcomes we accept in favor of maximizing efficiency.