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Satellite image analysis shows 329 hectares of forest cleared during development of factory in Germany

The development of a Tesla gigafactory near Berlin has resulted in about 500,000 trees being felled, according to satellite analysis.

The building of the German factory has been highly controversial and attracted significant protests, as well as prompting a debate about the trade-offs involved in developing a green economy.

Elon Musk, Tesla’s owner, has criticised local police for letting off “leftwing protesters”.

Satellite images show 329 hectares (813 acres) of forest were cut down at the site between March 2020 and May 2023, according to the environmental intelligence company Kayrros. That is equivalent to approximately 500,000 trees.

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[-] pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online 12 points 3 months ago

Those trees were grown for the specific purpose of being cut down. I highly doubt they were just thrown away.

My assumption is that they identified an area ready for harvest, harvested them then started construction. It would be throwing away serval million euros to do otherwise.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

That would be the sensible thing to do, but we are talking about Moist&Musky here, so we can't assume.

[-] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 1 points 3 months ago

My guess is that Mr. Elongated Muskrat didn't own the land before so I would imagine the previous landowner harvested the trees before the construction/land purchase

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world -4 points 3 months ago

My assumption is that they identified an area ready for harvest

I admire your ability to just believe. I really do.

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

It's believable, because of greed, no rich guy is throwing free money away...

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

Tell me how much did he spend on Xitter again? Are you sure you know who we‘re dealing with?

[-] Crashumbc@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

He didn't mean to actually buy Twitter, he fucked up because of his ego and couldn't get out of it without getting sued to oblivion.

[-] CosmoNova@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

And that sounds like a guy who carefully plans his gigafactory around every tree to get the most buck for his bark to you?

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