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Not necessarily. They are buying renewable power, however, the actually generation that power their data enters come from the grid and includes coal and natura
by barney54 6y ago
Not necessarily. They are buying renewable power, however, the actually generation that power their data enters come from the grid and includes coal and natural gas. When the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining, they are powered by coal, nukes, hydro, and natural gas.
- MattGaiser 6y agoGoogle would need to build its own grid to have it only use its own wind and solar. That is not reasonable.
- rcMgD2BwE72F 6y agoPretending to have an "all-time carbon footprint" to be "zero" isn't reasonable either.
- codetrotter 6y ago> they are powered by [...] nukes [...] Dear diary, Today HN taught me that nuclear power comes from atomic bombs. What a time to be alive. codetrotter
- oauea 6y agoPowered by nukes? That is not how nuclear reactors work.