• TigrisMorte@kbin.social
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      9 months ago

      The gold involved is minuscule. So much so that it isn’t really economic to strip it from the components.

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          9 months ago

          No, gold isn’t really anywhere near as rare as you’ve been led to believe. Just like diamonds. And no “rare rock extraction” is involved in making silicon chips. The claim carries no water at all.

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            9 months ago

            No, no, they actually do use plenty of water, if I’m not mistaken, for cooling and such.

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              That’s mainly datacenter cooling from their climate control systems, and also indirectly from the water used in the power plant that feeds them. It is a problem, but it’s also not inherent to CPUs.