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Ah Thanks! Taking the data from here[0] for the USA, this would be about 25,69kg of CO2. [0] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electricity ht
by SushiHippie 3y ago
Ah Thanks! Taking the data from here[0] for the USA, this would be about 25,69kg of CO2.
[0] https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electricity https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/carbon-intensity-electric...
- nl 3y agoIf you are on GCP you can choose low carbon data centers: https://cloud.google.com/sustainability/region-carbon https://cloud.google.com/sustainability/region-carbon
- alwa 3y agoWhich, per the EPA [0], is roughly the tailpipe CO2 you’d emit by burning a little under 3 gallons of gas in your car, right? Which is to say, driving 65ish miles in the US [1]? It amazes me that computational feats of this magnitude can be so energy efficient in the scheme of things. [0] https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/tailpipe-greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle#burning https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/tailpipe-greenhouse-gas-em... [1] https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/tailpipe-greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle#:~:text=This%20assumes%20the%20average%20gasoline,around%2011%2C500%20miles%20per%20year https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/tailpipe-greenhouse-gas-em....
- NhanH 3y agoIt’s not that surprising actually, computation moves nothing and all energy has to turn into heat. If computation would use as much energy as moving physical objects, the heat would burn everything down
- YetAnotherNick 3y agoOr about 3s of 747 cruise[0] [0]: https://www.carbonindependent.org/22.html#:~:text=At%20a%20cruising%20speed%20of,Distance%3A%205556%20km https://www.carbonindependent.org/22.html#:~:text=At%20a%20c...