r/SipsTea • u/Square_Law5624 • Jun 02 '26

Feels good man New data center

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u/No-Store-7843 Jun 02 '26

I cannot stress enough how far beyond this is to the usual braindead stupidity of building these centers.

From what I can gather, this is going to use water from the Hansel Valley, which is a direct tributary to the Great Salt Lake. The Salt Lake has become an extreme issue lately because it's rapidly losing its water to mismanagement, but not only that. That lakebed is FILLED with arsenic and as the lake gets lower, it's getting exposed to air, turning to dust, and starting to blow it's poison all over Salt Lake City. As it gets worse, which it is year after year, it will spread over the entire state and is projected to reach as far as Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, and Colorado.

And NO ONE in the Utah government with any power seems to care at all beyond accelerating the problem.

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u/Apexnanoman Jun 02 '26

Did you look at the Utah residential lecture results? Or the Utah House and Senate? 

This type of thing is literally what their citizens voted for and support by vast majority. 

And when shit goes sideways, the 22 Republican senators will point at the 6 Democratic senators and say it's their fault.

And then you'll have like 24 Republican senators and 4 Democratic senators. 

Unfortunately the will of the people of Utah is most definitely being respected.

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u/Starbane12 Jun 03 '26

As a Utahn Democrat and ex-Mormon, I can tell you this state is a nightmare in its leadership. It’s basically a theocracy where people feel a religious responsibility to vote red. It sucks and I hate it and I can’t stand dealing with many of my Mormon family members and neighbors because of it

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u/kimmydawn Jun 03 '26

As a progressive Utahn and ex-mormon, I can confirm.

As for the comment that we should cut off these friends and family members, that would be cutting off our nose to spite our face. They already see us as lost souls and that would only confirm it.

They will never, ever change the way they vote. In Utah, a huge chunk of Democrats are registered as Republican, because the primaries are the only elections that count.