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[–] 2 points 1 month ago

If there's anything more cynically blatant in its environmental destruction in this country than AI mega-data centers it's Drax. So I'm really glad they're coming together.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 month ago

    I thought drax was becoming the land point for morcambe and Morgan wind farms, if it'd wind powered, then go ahead. The subsidies are bring reduced for woodchip burning

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  • [–] [S] 4 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Drax has been fuelled by biomass for some years now. Biomass is usually wood.

    As with other energy hungry works - aluminium smelting, bitcoin mining etc - it makes sense to avoid transmission losses by building them immediately next to power stations. If run from the same source, they will be using the same fuel type.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    They cut down trees (harming the environment), turn them into pulp (harming the environment), turn that into pellets (harming the environment), ship them half way round the world (harming the environment), burn them to generate power (harming the environment) and do it all to exploit a loophole in the green energy credit scheme and make extra money, taking it away from legitimate green energy operators (harming the environment).

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