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There's a reason why chip manufacturing was offshored...
Consumers were okay with polluting someone else's country, but not their own.
All in the guise of "giving jobs to the 3rd world" and FOMO consumerism.
https://fortune.com/2024/01/29/chips-act-semiconductor-factories-environmental-impact-water-electricity-carbon-chemical-waste/
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/sep/18/semiconductor-silicon-chips-carbon-footprint-climate
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/blogs/voices/hidden-impact-of-semiconductor-manufacturing-on-climate-change/
https://news.asu.edu/20241216-science-and-technology-student-research-supports-semiconductor-sustainability