3 ms·
From the environment perspective, it also really matters where that 70W comes from generation-wise. If you're in an area that primarily uses Nuclear or things l
by BeefWellington 5y ago
From the environment perspective, it also really matters where that 70W comes from generation-wise. If you're in an area that primarily uses Nuclear or things like Wind, Solar, Hydro, or Geothermal, that 70W of electricity isn't going to be particularly bad for the environment compared to places where it comes from Oil, Coal, or Natural Gas plants.
- lucb1e 5y agoGenerally true, although it's still a very rare exception if your energy is both green and could not reasonably have been used to reduce ongoing CO2e-intensive consumption. We still have a green energy shortage basically everywhere in the world (Iceland might be a rare exception, having green energy while not being conveniently near other countries without low-CO2e energy sources of their own). I can use solar panels on my own roof to power an extravagant server, but it's still not really net zero (even if you would offset solar panel production and recycling) because they could have supplied to the still-very-fossil national grid if I hadn't been consuming it frivolously. (Edit: I should maybe add that we don't all need to be saints all the time. My guilty pleasure is long showers, I enjoy those despite the power consumption being 10kW. I do better in other areas and vote with my wallet and ballot. I of course have no insight into what other energy choices you / OP / the reader makes so my comments are not meant as criticism towards any person.)