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Tunisia Power & Water Crisis: 7.36B Debt Sparks Outage Anger

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Public Discourse · Bluesky · this story as of 8d ago
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9d ago 'Tunisia introduced rolling power cuts on Wednesday to protect its electricity grid from overload as an intense heatwave pushed temperatures close to 48°C in parts of the country, driving a sharp s… -5.0
10d ago Extreme heat forces Tunisia into rolling power cuts to protect grid https://www.europesays.com/britain/83995/ TUNIS – Tunisia introduced rolling power cuts on Wednesday to protect its electricity… -5.0
10d ago Extreme heat forces Tunisia into rolling power cuts to protect grid https://www.europesays.com/africa/333507/ TUNIS – Tunisia introduced rolling power cuts on Wednesday to protect its electricity… -5.0
8d ago What’s the endgame when they overload our electrical grid & contaminate &/or drain our water resources? -6.0
8d ago Ryan Timmermans, an Army veteran who did multiple tours in Afghanistan, invites former soldiers to live away from running water and the power grid in a self-sufficient community in Northern New Mex… +0.5
8d ago FFS: 5 power outages in 2 weeks, can’t eat a salad without spending explosive days on the can, the sky’s apocalyptic and now we have to boil water after a water main blew during last night’s power … -4.0
8d ago By the same argument Iran can bomb desalination and electrical grid of gulf countries because they provide water and electricity to the criminal army of US. Those also would be war crimes. US doe… -8.0
8d ago The energy crisis alone is unbelievable. Adding ANY water consumption or electrical consumption, without studying and informing taxpayers of the consequences, is criminal. Apparently the Eastern e… ×2 -6.0
9d ago #Kuwait Energy Ministry: 1 of our power and water desalination plants was attacked by #Iran, setting afire and damaging the facility The fire was extinguished, and technical teams worked to restor… -5.5
9d ago A $16B AI data center project by OpenAI and Oracle in a Michigan farming town is uniting local Democrats and Republicans in a rare bipartisan revolt. The 250-acre facility is drawing intense backla… -4.0
9d ago The only thing being fueled and peddled is an attempt to fear monger. China isn't fueling a damn thing. Taxpaying residents oppose data centers for many reasons - heavily polluting the air and noi… -6.0
9d ago Florida can lead in innovation without sacrificing our neighborhoods, our water, or our power grid. That’s why as Governor I'd enact a moratorium on data center construction. Join our campaign for … +3.0
9d ago oh no, holy shit! Yesterday was a no brainer. Earlier had to stop for groceries, halfway through 3 plazas full on power outage, but I did venture to visit my parents and water their flowerbed/resti… +2.5
9d ago 3) And new laws wouldn’t dictate the technological solution. (As I’ve said from the start) they would limit the impacts of large data centers (on the power grid, the water supply, and the environment) +2.0
9d ago Tragically anecdotal evidence of Russians targeting civilian life support infrastructure in Ukraine: a sewage removal truck. In countless other cases, RU strikes have hit bus depots, electricity g… -7.5
9d ago Data centers are one of the biggest issues facing our district. They bring real economic opportunities, but they also place enormous demands on our power grid, water supply, infrastructure, and loc… +0.5
9d ago The AI data giant should be required to create their own power grid and water reservoir to supply their needs. abc7ny.com/post/new-yor... -2.5
9d ago Not by sucking dry our water supply and not by straining our electrical grid, that's for sure. -3.0
9d ago Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water... Iran tells Houthis to close the Bab el-Mandeb (cheers!) should U.S. strike Iran's power grid. The BAM has seen reduced traffic for years… ×2 -4.5
10d ago My biggest problem with Gerrold on this issue is he utterly dismisses concerns with e.g. drinking water or the electricity grid around datacenters as "tropes" and "blah blah." Problems that we will… -4.0
10d ago Every EXISTING data center should be required to use solar panels - while figuring out even more ways to decrease the environmental and quality of life impacts. The rest should not be built or open… +3.0
10d ago JUST IN: Nearly half of Americans believe AI data centers drive up electricity & water costs while straining the power grid — Morgan Stanley -3.0
10d ago Having fast data processing means nothing if the water is poisoned, the electricity grid fails, and the world is on fire from the extra dirty energy produced to enable the data centres. There is no… -6.0
10d ago #Cuba had its third nationwide power grid collapse in one week and fifth this year. The outages are disrupting electricity, clean water, telecommunications, health services and economic activity, … -7.0
10d ago like chat idk theres wildfire smoke everywhere around where a lot ppl i know live including me, friend's town's power grid is partially shut off for today cuz ai needs all that power and water ig, … -6.0
10d ago Lies, lies, all lies, Mr. Trump. They don’t provide many jobs and they really don’t provide service to a community…unless you believe that noise pollution and the harmful effect to our Texas water … -6.0
10d ago This breaks my heart and pissed me off yo no end. All the little lives that were destroyed for this abomination. Wait til there’s no water and the power grid is strained. All so they can collect ou… -8.5
9d ago "Peak negotiating skills" right here. Trump thought threatening Iran’s power grid was a flex, but his escalation just greenlit the Houthis to hold global oil shipping hostage at Bab el-Mandeb. His … -7.5
9d ago In The Netherlands right now we have a massive energy crisis because the previous 15 years of right wing governments decided not to upgrade our electricity grid. (I like to call out causes) This w… -6.0
9d ago Easy, 'How many Canadian Jobs will they create?' is the only question politicians ask. Saving Canadians money, decarbonizing our power grid and actually doing something to battle the climate crisis… -6.0

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