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Vacuous comment. What action that an average person can take will have a "measurable" effect on the climate (excepting eco-terrorism)? In aggregate this kind of
by Fraterkes 2y ago
Vacuous comment. What action that an average person can take will have a "measurable" effect on the climate (excepting eco-terrorism)? In aggregate this kind of stuff is still meaningfull.
- jenadine 2y ago> In aggregate this kind of stuff is still meaningfull. No, I don't think it is. The scale is so small that even if every electron application was suddenly replaced by an equivalent super lightweight one, I claim it would make no difference for the climate. Other things can make a difference in aggregate, like eat less meat, using better mode of transportations, ... But I don't think the CPU cycles wasted by electron makes any difference, even in aggregate.
- varjag 2y agoElectron apps are probably responsible for multiple Gigawatt-hours of wasted energy annually.