[SantalBlush]

>The factories didn't disappear is the actual point.

The factories have disappeared after being shut down due to pollution violations [1][2], and communities organize to shut down factories due to pollution [3].

[1] https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-exide-plant-clo... [2]https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/02/15/sterigenics-shut-dow...

[3]https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/30/toxic-americ...

[vmception]

Not the concept of factories or the industry they were a part of, different compliant nodes popped up

This matches what is going on with crypto networks and resource hungry nodes

[SantalBlush]

Again, the people who protested these noncompliant factories and had them shut down had nothing to do with the development of cleaner processes. The reason for this is because they have no desire or obligation to do so. If you invent some tech that dumps trash in my yard, it's your job to fix it, not mine, regardless of how super cool you think that tech is.