Country music stars unite against data centers spreading across rural America

[human7]

Which is why your comment isn't germane. No one criticized studying the pharmacological benefits of Gila venom, but we did criticize wasting taxpayer dollars to blow anoles off trees.


But EVERYONE was saying we should study quantum mechanics in general. And we did.


You're spreading disinformation.

" The initial 2025 federal research and development (R&D) budget saw an aggregate increase to approximately $201.9 billion, representing a 4% rise over 2024."

Directing funds away from ultra-liberal and ultra-wasteful NIH projects into ones with far more real-world potential are what will keep America at the forefront of modern science and technology.

You may criticize that research on lizards and leafblowers if you wish, but I'll defer to experts in the field, experts who determined that that research was worth funding.

No, I'm not spreading disinformation. Dr. Tyson is making the claim, and he's a credible source.

The 2026 budget is lower than 2025's, NASA's science budget was halved, and the NSF and DOE both received substantial cuts. Fortunately, Congress did not agree with Trump's funding proposal which would have slashed the budgets even further. Even so, we are losing many people out of the scientific workforce, and many of them are moving abroad.

https://www.aps.org/apsnews/2026/03/federal-science-workforce-declines-trump
https://www.scientificamerican.com/...ing-lured-abroad-and-they-arent-looking-back/

 

[p51d007]

You were gullibly gaslit again by bad reporting. The THG report was lifted from The Guardian, which used the NOAA category of "moderate drought" for the past year in compiling those figures. "Moderate drought", however, happens on average everywhere on the planet once every 5-10 years, and is defined by a percentage dip in rainfall .. no matter how high that rainfall is. According to this, the rainiest states in the country -- like Florida and Oregon, are in drought conditions.

Datacenters built in areas which actually are short of water almost invariably use closed-loop systems, and thus little water. And that aside, golf courses alone in the US consume several times as much water as do datacenters.

Not to mention the huge subdivisions around those golf courses that have huge lawns that probably consumer the same amount of water...BUILT IN THE DESERT AREAS of the southwest.

 

[p51d007]

The only problem I have with AI data centers is WHERE they are being built. Middle of good rich farm land. They come along, find some about to retire age farmer, offer them money and the farmer has won the lottery. But then hundreds of thousands of acres of rich farm land are taken away from growing food. Same with solar farms. Wind, not as much. Considering the decay in the "rust belt" areas of the country that have no more manufacturing, since they were all shipped to China, how about building them there? Or, even better yet, how about building them in places where those that have been pushing them, (politicians, rich, wealthy etc) right next to their gated homes so they can put up with the noise when the backup generators are turned on or tested.
The backlash, mostly funded by China, via multi millionaire Neville Roy Singham, an ex-pat that lives in China who is a pro communist.
You think the tech/computer/investors are going to just say oh well, we wasted all this money and no one will let us build them here. Nope! China has built TONS of solar panel & solar mirror farms all over the desert areas in China. Plus, they have huge lakes near these solar farms. If they can't build them here, you know China will offer them next to nothing to build them there.
Not that I trust the U.S. government or tech types to not snoop around and use the data, you know China will use it!

 

[Endymio]

You may criticize that research on lizards and leafblowers if you wish, but I'll defer to experts in the field

The logical fallacy known as "Appeal to Authority" trotted out again. The "authorities" in these studies are useless wastrels who never contributed a single thing to science -- but by the current standards of academia, anyone who stays in school the requisite period of time must be granted an advanced degree and MUST receive government funding to stay alive. These "studies" are an excuse to spend money and publish papers no one will ever read: you know it as well as I do.

Dr. Tyson is making the claim, and he's a credible source.

Tyson is a Left-wing talk show host and head of a planetarium: his scientific chops are a millimeter above zero. For the record, as impressive as "astrophysicist" sounds to the average laymen, those of us in the field know that, when someone wants an advanced degree in physics but struggles with advanced math, they're steered into a field where it isn't required: PER, computational modeling, or astrophysics.

The 2026 budget is lower than 2025's, NASA's science budget was halved,

You're spreading disinformation. Check your sources:

NASA Science Budget:
2024: $7.3B
2025: $7.60B
2026: $7.25B

These are not "deep cuts".

 

[BadThad]

Even so, we are losing many people out of the scientific workforce, and many of them are moving abroad.

Trimming excess government fat and waste - only the best and most qualified will be able to stay in America! GOOD BYE to the trash! No more living off the teat of the US taxpayer!

 

[BadThad]

Not to mention the huge subdivisions around those golf courses that have huge lawns that probably consumer the same amount of water...BUILT IN THE DESERT AREAS of the southwest.

Mostly owned by rich leftists and the very academia pointy-heads lecturing us! You can't make this up! lololol

 

[BadThad]

China is behind all the data center hate because they want to control AI

And millions of the evil CCP web minions are busy polluting the internet with nothing but anti-American hate - often posing as Americans. THEY are the ubiquitous purveyors of hate, misinformation and lies that the leftist weak minds follow!

 

[scoffer]

Country music stars are no different than any other music star: they all have the collective IQ of a bowl of stewed carrots.

Citation required.

 

[scoffer]

China is behind all the data center hate because they want to control AI

Absolute tosh.

 

[human7]

You're spreading disinformation. Check your sources:

NASA Science Budget:
2024: $7.3B
2025: $7.60B
2026: $7.25B

These are not "deep cuts".

Fine, minor mistake: NASA's 2027 science budget is proposed to be cut by almost 50%. Other cuts have gone into play, and you chose not to respond to my other citations though, such as Scientific American's reporting on the exodus of American scientists, the brain drain is their wording, too.

The logical fallacy known as "Appeal to Authority" trotted out again. The "authorities" in these studies are useless wastrels who never contributed a single thing to science -- but by the current standards of academia, anyone who stays in school the requisite period of time must be granted an advanced degree and MUST receive government funding to stay alive

Yes, and I'll commit an ad hominem fallacy against both of us - they know more than we do. I'll grant you that the funding method encourages paper pushing, and a friend of mine is leaving a national lab because he's fed up with it, but the funding cuts are not helping things, just encouraging the publishing of low hanging fruit to keep some limited funding.

Trimming excess government fat and waste - only the best and most qualified will be able to stay in America! GOOD BYE to the trash! No more living off the teat of the US taxpayer!

Whatever, we can disagree on what counts as waste or not, but the point is that other countries are lapping it up. And if one is the best and the most qualified, why would they stay in America when its simply easier to go somewhere else and get funding? I for one want my taxes to pay for science. At least "wasteful" science produces entertaining headlines, more than I can say for many of the other priorities of this administration at any rate.

 

[AlexLexEx]

There are two paths to the future only: one in which the US maintains it lead in the defining industry of the 21st Century, or the other in which the US economy is based on selling soybeans and pork bellies to the #1 world superpower of China, which beats the drum the rest of us must march to.

Maybe before long, those of you across the pond will realize that the world isn't what CNN, Fox, NBC, and the rest of the professional liars and manipulators present it to be.
For many years now, nation-states have no longer been the most powerful or influential actors in international relations—corporations are. And you are prisoners of your own corporations.

 

[Endymio]

Music stars ... all have the collective IQ of a bowl of stewed carrots.

Citation required.

Glad to oblige!

""I actually don't like thinking. I think people think I like to think a lot. And I don't. I don't like to think.""
-- Kanye West

""Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can't help but cry. I mean I'd love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff.""
-- Mariah Carey.

""Is this chicken, what I have, or is this fish? I know it's tuna, but it says 'Chicken of the Sea.'"
-- Jessica Simpson

""Anne [Frank] was a great girl. Hopefully she would have been a belieber.""
-- Justin Bieber

Now, do you need citations also to prove water is wet and the earth is actually round?

Absolute tosh.

Your ignorance is showing. China's well-financed campaign to stall or shut down AI in the US is well documented:

 

[Endymio]

...you chose not to respond to my other citations though, such as Scientific American's reporting on the exodus of American scientists,

I subscribed to Scientific American from the late 1970s to the early 1990s, but they became a far Left advocacy group long ago. Their "reporting" consists of a couple anecdotal accounts and an opt-in poll (useless for statistical purposes: these are the very definition of cherry-picked data) on researchers who were "considering" -- considering -- leaving the country due to Trump. We all know how many thousands of liberal celebrities made the same claims ... and never followed up on them.

The second part of their story deals with active attempts by foreign entities since the mid 2010s -- CCP China, India, and the EU -- to pay American researchers to emigrate. A concerning development, in fact, but an entirely distinct problem from your original claim.

Yes, and I'll commit an ad hominem fallacy against both of us - they know more than we do.

Please, by all means, tell us what the researchers who gave Swedish massages to rabbits learned from it to justify that taxpayer expense. Or the well-paid researchers who gave "voodoo dolls" to spouses and encouraged them to "stick pins in them", to "investigate a link between low blood sugar and anger".

It's been nearly 15 years since these two ground-breaking studies occurred. Surely we should know by now what great insights we've gained.

 

[Crabjuice]

If I have to explain, then you're on the wrong damn website man.

So what you are telling me is that you have no idea what the difference is.

 

[nacobricks]

One more baby boomer opposing the very thing that creates jobs for younger folks. Baby boomers dont care about the future. They care about themselves.

 

[BadThad]

Maybe before long, those of you across the pond will realize that the world isn't what CNN, Fox, NBC, and the rest of the professional liars and manipulators present it to be.
For many years now, nation-states have no longer been the most powerful or influential actors in international relations—corporations are. And you are prisoners of your own corporations.

A prisoner? lololol US corporations are the lifeblood of America and we LOVE them. They produce the products and services demanded worldwide including many products likely found in your own house. They provide jobs for MILLIONS and tax revenue for America. All wins unless you're a communist.

 

[trparky]

So what you are telling me is that you have no idea what the difference is.

Not sure if trolling or not…

 

[RudyBob]

Absolute tosh.

That's what they want the unwashed masses to believe.

 

[RudyBob]

And millions of the evil CCP web minions are busy polluting the internet with nothing but anti-American hate - often posing as Americans. THEY are the ubiquitous purveyors of hate, misinformation and lies that the leftist weak minds follow!

Yes. I am glad you are stepping up in your research

 

[Crabjuice]

Not sure if trolling or not…

Im not. I asked a legitimate question. You responded with snark, hence my response. I wanted to hear what you think the difference is. I dont think there is a significant difference.

 

[bwbeam]

Don't like Data Centers? Stop using TikTok, youtube, Facebook, Google search, your banking website, your ATM card, Tinder, Bumble, Grindr. Stop paying bills online. Stop using Gmail. Delete all the accounts.

Do all that, then send me a USPS letter and we can talk about your position and concerns. But don't buy the stamps online.

I'm old school and don't use any of those things any way , so away with these Data Centers

 

[Crabjuice]

I'm old school and don't use any of those things any way , so away with these Data Centers

Where do you think this website server is located?

 

[bwbeam]

The web site I use doe'nt require the same quantity of stuff the Data ctrs they want to build

 

[trparky]

Where do you think this website server is located?

Not to mention where do you think routers that power the Internet are located in? Data centers!!!

 

[trparky]

I'm old school and don't use any of those things any way , so away with these Data Centers

You’re really showing your ignorance here. I’d walk away if I were you.

You have no idea how the Internet works.