[PLUG-TALK] Here’s why TSMC and Intel keep building foundries in the Arizona desert

[Aaron Burt]

On 2021-06-06 09:27, Rich Shepard wrote:
> That's really interesting as the Phoenix area has been sinking for 
> decades.
> The woody plants they're removing and replacing with native vegetation
> thrive because they quickly invade and out-compete native vegetation 
> for the
> limited available water. In eastern Oregon Western Juniper has been 
> taking
> over from sage brush, manzanita, and other woody plants for more than a
> century. The junipers, and crested wheat grass, are the basis for 
> frequent,
> extensive wildland fires and eliminate habitats for wildlife and 
> livestock.
> The massive drought now in its twenty-first year (the worst in 1200 
> years)
> isn't helping matters.

With global warming increasing atmospheric moisture, do you think 
there's more water making it over the Cascades into the dry side these 
days?  That's the impression we get whenever we head that way.

Though I guess higher temps would offset that.

Regards,
   Aaron