Re: OVH datacenter SBG2 in Strasbourg on fire 🔥

Thu Mar 11 15:56:13 UTC 2021

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 10:45 AM Dale W. Carder <dwcarder at es.net> wrote:
> Sadly, the foams are not without environmental impact either with
> respect to PFAS.

what's the trade off on environmental impact for:
  "foam fire retardant" (or halon or ...)

vs:
  "Burning plastics and other carcinogen like materials"
  (or just blowing co2 into the space)

yes, halon isn't used and was 'not great' for hoomuns.
yes, co2 envelopment is unlikely to go well for hoomuns either.
yes, of course greenhouse gas release isn't great for gaia...

I'm wondering if the tradeoff is accounted for though :)