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"carbon footprint" for any computational technology is a ridiculous notion anyway: it's all electricity, and electricity is source independent.
by XorNot 2y ago
"carbon footprint" for any computational technology is a ridiculous notion anyway: it's all electricity, and electricity is source independent.
- ameesdotme 2y agoJust because the carrier of energy is source independent, doesn't mean the consumer of that energy is not responsible for the carbon emissions of its production. Since we're talking hundreds of TWh[1], the policies of those consumers can have a massive impact on global emissions. [1] https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks https://www.iea.org/energy-system/buildings/data-centres-and...