California banned fracking to reduce emissions. Yet a judge cited the state’s own finding that the ban would increase net global greenhouse gas emissions by driving up oil imports.
An outbreak of commonsense in California! We hope it spreads—for the sake of California and America.
🇺🇸🚀 I fracking love it when technology turns what we could only see in movies into real life!
Check out this absolutely stunning drone footage of @SpaceX Flight 14’s liftoff this morning from Starbase Texas!
Writer: Jamie
Oil and fracking tycoon Harold Hamm has just finalized a deal with Venezuela’s state oil company to develop and operate 126,000 acres of the country which possess an estimated 30 billion barrels of oil reserves.
In 2024 Hamm pumped $1 million into Trump’s campaign, right after Trump asked Big Oil to fund him in exchange for dismantling fossil fuel regulations.
This @axios piece on fracking and the national discourse around it as a parallel to data centers was fascinating.
The current consensus answer seems to be : address local concerns while making the case for economic benefits.
Have been sending a lot of people to work by @jasminewsun@AndyMasley and others on datacenters this last few days.
This New Billionaire Will Tap Fracking Wastewater To Cool AI Data Centers
America’s biggest oil field produces lots of dirty water and cheap natural gas. That makes West Texas a perfect location for data centers, says David Capobianco.