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> Microsoft's new electrical consumption being carbon free is a good start. No, it isn't. Tax corporate profits at rates we did in the 1950s, use the taxes and
by eesmith 2y ago
> Microsoft's new electrical consumption being carbon free is a good start.
No, it isn't. Tax corporate profits at rates we did in the 1950s, use the taxes and regulations to decarbonize, similar to how we used taxes to electrify and provide phone service.
If we build out 20% new non-fossil energy sources, and all of its goes to data centers, then we haven't decarbonized our economy in any ecologically meaningful way.
> will also give them money that will hopefully bring this tech to life
And if it doesn't, we are 10-15 years later with even more CO2 in the air. This is a Hail Mary by companies afraid to suffer from the consequences of their pollution.