The original post felt like when companies like Coca-cola tell you to recycle and act like the burden is with the individual instead of the massive corporation.

The original post felt like when companies like Coca-cola tell you to recycle and act like the burden is with the individual instead of the massive corporation. Since this data was either posted (or at least referenced, can't remember) by AWS, it seems fitting. Amazon couldn't possibly have the power to deal with these rising emissions, it's the code that our customers run being written in Python that does it! I'd like to see tech industry emissions as a whole, just for running software. I have to imagine it's pretty minuscule in the grand scheme, but still interesting. What does a product like Instagram that has a huge user base and an application written (mostly?) in Python create in emissions and energy use? I guess we'd also have to consider that the societal benefit of Instagram isn't as high as trucks that deliver food to grocery stores, so truck emissions may be seen as more necessary emissions. It's a really deep rabbit hole. I find the concepts interested, though don't put too much thought into these issues I don't directly control.