From: not@telling.you.invalid   
      
   Rich  wrote:   
   > This kind of declaration from govts is the direct result of everyone in   
   > the chain responsible for the decree having zero technical skill level   
   > regarding computers.  No one with even a basic understanding of   
   > computer tech.  would have let that whopper of a guffaw see the light   
   > of day.   
      
   The more skeptical side of me wonders if someone in that government   
   does know that deleting emails wouldn't solve anything, but they   
   expect most of the population to believe it anyway. Hence they   
   don't have to do some work themselves in regulating datacentres to   
   limit how much drinking water they can use. Instead it's all _our_   
   fault so it's _our_ task to (not) fix it.   
      
   It's the same with water here in Aus. You can't water your garden   
   with tap water when water restrictions are in effect, but any   
   business can buy in water and waste as much of it as they like,   
   even pouring any excess down the drain if they ordered a truck load   
   and don't need all of it. Our government is currently courting big   
   tech companies to get them to build lots of AI datacentres here   
   too, of course, ignoring the water issue. They ought to insist the   
   tech companies build condensers at their datacentres so the water   
   can be reused, or build their own reservoirs to catch it   
   themselves, but again maybe it's easier for them to just call it   
   _our_ problem instead (while probably also accepting "donations"   
   from those same tech companies).   
      
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