Foxconn Will Drain Lake Michigan to Make LCD Screens

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Wisconsin’s Department of Natural Resources has triggered environmentalists after approving a plan that will allow Foxconn to drain 7 million gallons of water a day from Lake Michigan to produce LCD screens. While some portion of that water will be returned to the lake (the rest will be gone due to evaporation), some fear that it will be contaminated with metal particles.

Environmentalists are also concerned that the decision will set a new precedent allowing the fresh water to be used for predominantly commercial purposes, instead of as drinking water. “If we allow this to happen, it’s going to happen all over the basin, with other states and then it’s going to be the thirsty states and nations to come,” said Jennifer Giegerich, the government affairs director for the Wisconsin League of Conservation Voters.
 
7 million gallons a day eh. Wonder if anyone will notice. Seriously WTH!
 
People say they want manufacturing back in the US, well this is what it looks like. Making things takes resources and causes pollution. Not saying that is a good thing but either stop complaining or admit that they really don't want manufacturing back.
 
Scott Pruitt at the Environmental Pollution Agency will make sure foxconn follows all the rules, pretty sure there will be none soon thanks to him.
Take a gander at the link I just posted. The EPA may not even have regulation for the types of air pollutants this will produce and they don't even know for sure that the water treatment plant is even capable of treating something like this. It's the first plant of its kind in the U.S. I'm not saying things can't be figured out but it sure seems like they're green lighting something they haven't done proper research on yet.
 
Environmentalists are also concerned that the decision will set a new precedent allowing the fresh water to be used for predominantly commercial purposes, instead of as drinking water.
Because all those green lawns is due to natural moisture in the air?
Because the entire industry of plants that are sold commercially to people have them grow magically out of thin air?
Because the entire food growing industry isn't a commercial purpose?
Because the growth of tobacco, cotton, and pretty much every other thing we don't eat isn't a commercial purpose?

I mean I'm sure I could go on and on, but ummm not exactly a "new precedent", and while I'm not going to stick up for any pollutants that might get put in there, it's not like fertilizers don't run off into our waterways completely changing them, or cow crap hasn't turned freshwater into contaiminated crap.
 
EPA not sure of the consquences...
State gov greenlighting everything at will anyway...
Major tax breaks to the company...
State gov that's more than happy to throw tax-payer money at millionaires & billionaires...
A chinese company with a great track record...
Set in the middle of farming land...

What could possibly go wrong?

Wonder how many of the governors aides will end up in jail this time.
 
Hmm. Corning makes Gorilla Glass and the glass for Apple's products in Harrodsburg, KY with lots of these chemicals without issue. Sekisui makes the film that goes between the two layers of glass in windshields, in Winchester, KY. They use a boatload of plasticizers for that stuff to get the cold resin pliable. There are also no issues. So why everyone up in arms about needing water for cooling?
 
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If the process uses some water and returns highly filtered, clean water, I'm fine with it. It needs to be verified by multiple organizations.

Like this will ever happen.

The problem with our ever growing world population. Feeding and producing enough to sustain it. This is a losing battle and there is nothing we can do about it.
 
Hmm. Corning makes Gorilla Glass in Harrodsburg, KY with lots of these chemicals without issue. Sekisui makes the film that goes between the two layers of glass in windshields, in Winchester, KY. They use a boatload of plasticizers for that stuff to get the cold resin pliable. There are also no issues. So why everyone up in arms about needing water for cooling?

Because people these days just love to have a cause, it doesn't matter if it is fact or fiction.
 
Pretty sure I learned this in like 6th grade that the great lakes have a HUGE impact on the microclimates in the region. Draining 7MM gal out of it daily is bound to have a HUGE impact.

And now that I've said HUGE twice I can now see why the Trump administration is all over this.
 
Well to be fair only 2.5 million gallons of water will be lost to evaporation. The remaining 4.5 million gallons will beheading back to Lake Michigan laced with heavy metals. The real issue lies with the heavy metal content. Right now it is unknown if the water treatment plant is able to remove all of these heavy metals. For the sake of accountability I think the Foxconn water outlet should be right next to the proposed Waukesha fresh water inlet. Then we can really see if "they" up to the task of clean reusable water. :whistle:

Waukesha is facing increasing pressure to find a clean source of drinking water. It's been court-ordered to comply with that EPA limit on radium by 2018.

Few other links:
 
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Pretty sure I learned this in like 6th grade that the great lakes have a HUGE impact on the microclimates in the region. Draining 7MM gal out of it daily is bound to have a HUGE impact.

And now that I've said HUGE twice I can now see why the Trump administration is all over this.

At the rate they are draining, it would take 800,000 years to empty the lake. And that’s if it never rained again. The amount of water being used is fairly minimal.
 
Pretty sure I learned this in like 6th grade that the great lakes have a HUGE impact on the microclimates in the region. Draining 7MM gal out of it daily is bound to have a HUGE impact.

And now that I've said HUGE twice I can now see why the Trump administration is all over this.
7m gallons is literally like a drop in a bucket, so a little research before letting your ignorance show.
 
Hmm. Corning makes Gorilla Glass and the glass for Aaple's products in Harrodsburg, KY with lots of these chemicals without issue. Sekisui makes the film that goes between the two layers of glass in windshields, in Winchester, KY. They use a boatload of plasticizers for that stuff to get the cold resin pliable. There are also no issues. So why everyone up in arms about needing water for cooling?
Because no one cares about inbred hicks. :p
 
Yeah, but can they make a display technology that people actually want instead?
 
People say they want manufacturing back in the US, well this is what it looks like. Making things takes resources and causes pollution. Not saying that is a good thing but either stop complaining or admit that they really don't want manufacturing back.
How about using processes that use less water/resources, and returns what's left in a better condition that when it was taken? It's not that difficult and only impacts the bottom line minimally at best.
 
Take a gander at the link I just posted. The EPA may not even have regulation for the types of air pollutants this will produce and they don't even know for sure that the water treatment plant is even capable of treating something like this. It's the first plant of its kind in the U.S. I'm not saying things can't be figured out but it sure seems like they're green lighting something they haven't done proper research on yet.
Oh, Foxconn knows what kind of shit it'll produce, and the Chinese are tired of polluting themselves for out consumerism; so, here we are, the New China, ready to be poisoned for everyone else's consumerism.
 
Bound to be less pollution than Milwaukee and it's amazing "deep tunnel" sewer system.

"Oh no it's drizzling outside... quick start dumping raw sewage into the lake!"
 
Because all those green lawns is due to natural moisture in the air?
Because the entire industry of plants that are sold commercially to people have them grow magically out of thin air?
Because the entire food growing industry isn't a commercial purpose?
Because the growth of tobacco, cotton, and pretty much every other thing we don't eat isn't a commercial purpose?

I mean I'm sure I could go on and on, but ummm not exactly a "new precedent", and while I'm not going to stick up for any pollutants that might get put in there, it's not like fertilizers don't run off into our waterways completely changing them, or cow crap hasn't turned freshwater into contaiminated crap.
That's kinda the point, tho, isn't it? Allowing businesses to fuck up our drinking water?

How about you go without water for as long as you can stand it? Don't forget to blog back about it.
 
Hmm. Corning makes Gorilla Glass and the glass for Aaple's products in Harrodsburg, KY with lots of these chemicals without issue. Sekisui makes the film that goes between the two layers of glass in windshields, in Winchester, KY. They use a boatload of plasticizers for that stuff to get the cold resin pliable. There are also no issues. So why everyone up in arms about needing water for cooling?
No issue? How much bisphenol is getting into the water? TCP? Other byproducts and pollutants that they've managed to hide?

If you believe their marketing propaganda, then go ahead & move downstream of their plants, and drink/use the water directly from the river. Let us know when those tumors start taking over.
 
If the process uses some water and returns highly filtered, clean water, I'm fine with it. It needs to be verified by multiple organizations.

Like this will ever happen.

The problem with our ever growing world population. Feeding and producing enough to sustain it. This is a losing battle and there is nothing we can do about it.
Nope, the asteroid will take care of it.
 
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