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Interesting! Some powerful players think it's both cheating on grid maintenance costs, and stealing capacity from the grid (to the detriment of all other users
by bell-cot 2y ago
Interesting! Some powerful players think it's both cheating on grid maintenance costs, and stealing capacity from the grid (to the detriment of all other users), if Amazon's DC is directly connected to the electric power plant next door to it.
SO - if I sent a shipping container of stuff from NYC to Boston via rubber-on-the-road truck - no ports nor ships involved - am I cheating on maritime infrastructure maintenance costs?
OR - if I have high-demand skills, and accept a full-time job offer from XYZ Corp, can other potential employers sue me, on the basis that they are harmed by my removing myself from the job market?
(Yeah, I know it ain't quite that simple. But either the IEEE has gotten too friendly with the parties to Amazon's deal, or the folks on the other side are doing a crap job of picking their battles and articulating their positions.)