Intel breaks ground on $20B Arizona plants as U.S. chip factory race heats up

Re:Intel breaks ground on $20B Arizona plants as U.S. chip f... by hosh on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @11:18AM (#28683819)

What’s also ironic is that people can grow nut trees in arid land at a smallholder scale. Folks in the permies.com forum talk about chucking nuts randomly, and the ones that survive to grow on their own are more drought-tolerant.

If you are not trying to force greater yield in order to squeeze out profit, the nut trees can do well to yield enough for people to have their fair share.

When done as part of a practice that involves diversifying crops, the entire smallhold is far more resilient to any number of external pressure, including climate, pests, market crashes, etc.

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Re:Intel breaks ground on $20B Arizona plants as U.S. chip f... by jkestner on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @01:17PM (#28685137)

Distributed nut farming is cool, and would solve my dilemma as a voracious nut eater. I cut out almonds for the amount of water they suck up in California, but probably every nut is problematic.

Too bad resilience against future problems loses to maximizing profits, so all the resources are capital-efficiently extracted from one location before moving on. Even if I buy local, it’s likely that it’s farmed at a damaging scale. I’m guessing that sustainable farming, crop rotations, etc have fewer externalities.

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