Post #2373270

2026-05-10 10:58 UTC

A factor of five seems more then just a misstatement! &quot;Emissions understated by factor of five in Essex plans for tech giant, while Greystoke’s Lincolnshire plans show similar error.&quot; &quot;Google developers significantly misstate carbon emissions of proposed UK datacentres.&quot; https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/may/09/google-developers-significantly-misstate-carbon-emissions-of-proposed-uk-datacentres?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other

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@NormanDunbar@mastodon.scot 2026-05-10 11:30

@patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot Just reject their application then. If they are lying about this, what else are they lying about; hiding etc? No approvals and no appeals. Fuck them.

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@BashStKid@mastodon.online 2026-05-10 12:02

@patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot If this is a local planning issue, and hasn’t been called in for further scrutiny, I’m sure Google knew exactly what they were doing, hoping that the local overstretched planning dept would miss the deceit buried in an appendix. If they’ve tried this on two separate applications, all of their current applications nationally should be halted and examined for fraud. And then kicked out.

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@raymaccarthy@mastodon.ie 2026-05-10 12:41

@patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot A lie?

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@failedLyndonLaRouchite@mas.to 2026-05-10 13:50

@patrickhadfield@mastodon.scot what is that rule, or law, never attribute to malice what can be explained by stupidity ?

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