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A semiconductor complex large enough to fit 400 soccer fields in it? Try to wrap your head around that for a minute. Four. Hundred. Soccer. Fields. 
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Samsung Is Spending $14B On New Semiconductor Complex
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Pretty ignorant if you think environmentalists would the main roadblock to dams and water projects. The land at which they would be build and the owners of the land care far more.
The man's called nutzo for a reason.
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I love how people like nutzo like to pretend that there aren't real world consequences to ignoring environmental science.
Unless you live out here in California, you have no idea how bad it is out here. I'm a native who has lived my entire life out here, and it's only a mater of time before it all collapses.
For example, there have been no new oil refineries built in the state since the 70's, even though the population has more than doubled. Combined with the required special gas formulation (no gas imports from out of state allowed), it has resulted in the highest gas prices in the country, even though we are sitting on huge oil reserves that can't be touched due to excessive environmental regulation.
We are in the middle of a huge drought, yet 100's of millions of gallons of water are dumped into the ocean to protect a bait fish. They signed a bill to ban single use plastic bags, yet to be safe, reusable bags need to be washed on a regular basis resulting in more water usage. Meanwhile the state senate keeps offering more taxpayer paid benefits to illegals, even in cases where it's against federal law.
The keep pushing electric cars, with large rebates, yet we have some of the highest electricity prices in the country due to green mandates and other regulations.
California has the largest gap between the rich and the poor in the country. We have more people living in poverty than any other state. This is a direct result of these policies. The middle class and the poor keep getting hurt, while the rich can afford it. The middle class in this state is shrinking because they are leaving the state. This leaves the rich along the coast, and the poor everywhere else.
You mean like how we have people who don't want oil pipelines built, so instead the oil is moved by more dangerous rail lines, resulting in more spills, environmental damage and lives lost?
Yes, there are consequences, but it goes both ways.
How many elderly people die every year because they can't afford to run the air conditioner due to high electricity prices? (look it up, there are many stories every year)
There needs to be a balance, and it need to put people first.
Veering back on topic, the amount of space they're talking about is roughly a square mile. In the source article, there is some confusion (at least to me) about whether that is enclose space or the land space that the facility is sited on.
Also, what's overlooked in The Verge's breathless article is that the build-out of the complex is part of a 40 year plan.
Also, what's overlooked in The Verge's breathless article is that the build-out of the complex is part of a 40 year plan.
SK is not huge for their population, makes you wonder how many trees were cut down for something this big.
I'll bet millions, let's just hope the wood does not go to waste and is used for something.
And people wonder why animals are dying off, they are losing their forest.
I'll bet millions, let's just hope the wood does not go to waste and is used for something.
And people wonder why animals are dying off, they are losing their forest.