Comment by skywhopper
14 days ago
Yes, the new ones often use dirty generators 24/7, and probably will for years. They are loud and toxic to the local community.
14 days ago
Yes, the new ones often use dirty generators 24/7, and probably will for years. They are loud and toxic to the local community.
The answer to that is to outlaw running noisy generators. It probably already is. Most places already have noise pollution laws designed to harass teenagers with loud music. They should enforce them.
Force them to either install mufflers and proper exhausts on their generators or build their own power infrastructure. They don't now because nobody makes them and it would cost money.
If you outlaw noisy generators the DC doesn't get built, so it's the same as just outlawing the DC.
People who don't want to spend money doing it right say that, but when the choice becomes "some money or no money" they always pick "some money". A few mufflers aren't going to ruin the economy of a deal that size.
It's like when California "destroyed the entire economy" by raising minimum wage. All the jobs are still there, prices are mostly the same. The only thing that moved were the goal posts.