“ just people who don’t want to pay higher electric bills or have their aquifers depleted”
Do tell us how a closed loop cooling depletes acquirers and the additional power generation makes you pay higher rates.
Similarly, the tech oligarchs claim that they will use closed loop cooling systems - but those are more expensive, so they refuse to put this promise in writing, just as they refuse to put their empty promises to pay for electric grid upgrades at their own expense into writing when worming their way into rural communities. When they set up shop, you can bet that they'll use the cheaper option and continue to suck up water. It's like their empty claims of job creation in communities - when in fact they bring in their own people and create zero jobs except in the short term for local contractors.