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When I hear ideas like this, I keep wondering what the backlash would be if there was a 10% levy on all internet based services/software to tax the energy use o
by NikolaeVarius 8y ago
When I hear ideas like this, I keep wondering what the backlash would be if there was a 10% levy on all internet based services/software to tax the energy use of data centers, laptops trying to run electron apps and compile react projects.
- Ensorceled 8y agoIf the levy was on data centres not consuming green energy sources, the backlash would be nil.
- jonas21 8y agoAgreed! In fact, many tech companies with large datacenters already use 100% renewable energy (or will soon). For example: [1] https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/environment/100-percent-renewable-energy/ https://blog.google/outreach-initiatives/environment/100-per... [2] https://www.apple.com/environment/climate-change/ https://www.apple.com/environment/climate-change/ [3] https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/08/renewable-energy/ https://newsroom.fb.com/news/2018/08/renewable-energy/
- rakoo 8y agoA huge majority of the world's electricity emits tons of CO2 to be produced. Unless I'm mistaken, it seems datacenters would follow the same distribution
- radicalbyte 8y agoThat's actually an excellent idea: only the tax should be higher and just applied directly to the non-green electricity used. Oh and to the entire supply chain of the infrastructure (servers etc).
- wild_preference 8y agoElectron apps don't have the ethical issue of directly killing living things for our benefit. That's a good enough reason for a levy, imo.
- yholio 8y agoThe idea is to tax pollution at the source to influence behavior, as opposed to levies on random things.