@modernday_eratosthenes: Should have read the fine print #stem #Science Sources: 1. “’Pure arrogance’: anger in Finland as Google illegally fells 250,000 trees for datacentre” – The Guardian 2. “Finland investigates suspected illegal logging at Google data centre sites” – Helsinki Times 3. “’We had wolves coming into the village’: Google’s destruction of a 1,300-acre forest unleashed the wolfpack in Finland” – Fortune

Alex :

Like…we need trees to breath 🙃 wtf are these companies thinking

Synatrah :

they should be fined a percentage of revenue from the previous year. not profit. revenue.

Nathalie :

And Google’s motto is “do no evil” 😂

Viral_Realism :

The government should sell the wood and use the money to replant and reforest the land. Then donate anything left over to wildlife charities. (Also fine the company for the amount it sold for as an extra punch to deter future things like this

Whitetrashjoe2500 :

Finland not have the internet? They don’t know anything about our corporations?

Storm Drago :

May? They did.

Franster :

I cant even fathom taking down that many of anything

jay.livin00🏳️‍🌈 :

Another reason Ecosia is so much better than google

Laboratory Bob :

They weighed the fines vs backlash and found the fines worth it. to them its just a cost of business

V :

Charge them 3000usd per mature tree cut down..

Monkies95 :

There was another small town near this where google destroyed a further 150,000 trees. So they really cut down around 400,000!… these ceo’s really need to start facing jail time because fines aren’t cutting it.

solomon_tsanger :

Deleted google map last month

Fernando Gonzales :

You're so pretty

Mandarino :

so they cut down trees to build data center for their bestest smartest AI that couldn't even tell them that it's illegal to cut down trees without approval from the government 😂

AJayRe3d :

It’s the mentality…ask for forgiveness vs permission

sagasatu 🏳️‍🌈🫟🍉 :

We are not happy and are demostrating against this

Aindriú Mac Shiúiloir :

"Do no evil." used to be the very first line of their company charter by the way, until they removed it a few years ago

intestineitch :

I have the secret for cooling data centers with minimal to no impact but I don’t want to tell anyone

nachosInSpace :

this is not the vibe :(

Alfonso :

Google should be made to restore the land out of their pocket.

Sammonoske :

cookies :

They probably consulted Gemeni

GriffryPen :

Psh, like we need an environment... 😳

Don’t mind me :

They literally did

Pahoa80 :

They should sue them🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬