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I'm not sure how pricing carbon dioxide emission will change datacenter operations given that Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple all have serious ca
by barney54 6y ago
I'm not sure how pricing carbon dioxide emission will change datacenter operations given that Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, and Apple all have serious carbon dioxide reduction targets and all already by as much co2-free electricity as they consume.
- sampo 6y agoIt is difficult to know how much of that is currently cosmetic and how much is real. An actual carbon tax on fossil fuels would make everything that utilizes fossil fuels more expensive. Building materials, transporting materials by trucks, people commuting by cars, generating backup electricity for those moments when wind or solar energy do not momentarily produce enough.
- perfunctory 6y ago> all have serious carbon dioxide reduction targets They will drop their targets the moment the competition intensifies and threatens their profits. Voluntary commitments do not work. We have learned it the hard way over the last 30 years. Paris accord is a primary example of that.
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