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each time you use your computing device to make a comment on the internet, you're emitting CO2 and accelerating climate change.

latexr 2y ago
Do you understand that degree matters? Or do you think that pissing once in a river is as harmful as dumping a thousand litres of toxic waste in it? https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/ https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/ I could live hundreds of lifetimes and not consume as much energy as Google has this year alone. https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-and-microsoft-now-each-consume-more-power-than-some-fairly-big-countries https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-and-microsoft-now-each-...
- qudat 2y ago
  What a weird take. How is google using that much energy? Is it just for their own operations or are they providing a good or service that billions are consuming? By using a computer you are a consumer and are complicit. Your overall contribution might be small but it’s the same exact behavior that is absolutely part of the climate change problem.
  - latexr 2y ago
    You have zero knowledge of my consumption or my life. You also know nothing about my environmental care or actions. You’re extrapolating from my use of a computer to post comments to assume my use of energy is a net negative, which is as bad faith as it is wrong. It is possible to live in such a way that you reduce your impact to a minimum in some areas and then do a net positive in other. Additionally, the number of people who consume Google’s services is irrelevant. Millions of people consume tobacco products too, it doesn’t make it positive.
    - 123yawaworht456 2y ago
      stop posting, bro - you're literally killing the planet. turn off your device and send it away to be recycled, so someone else's descendants 100 years from now will have a few extra grams of copper. dig a hole somewhere in the wilderness and live out the rest of your life consuming nothing but grass and rainwater for sustenance. also try to breathe in moderation - you exhale CO2 every time, bringing the doomsday a bit closer, inch by inch.

latexr 2y ago

Do you understand that degree matters? Or do you think that pissing once in a river is as harmful as dumping a thousand litres of toxic waste in it? https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/ https://thenib.com/mister-gotcha/ I could live hundreds of lifetimes and not consume as much energy as Google has this year alone. https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-and-microsoft-now-each-consume-more-power-than-some-fairly-big-countries https://www.techradar.com/pro/google-and-microsoft-now-each-...

qudat 2y ago
What a weird take. How is google using that much energy? Is it just for their own operations or are they providing a good or service that billions are consuming? By using a computer you are a consumer and are complicit. Your overall contribution might be small but it’s the same exact behavior that is absolutely part of the climate change problem.
- latexr 2y ago
  You have zero knowledge of my consumption or my life. You also know nothing about my environmental care or actions. You’re extrapolating from my use of a computer to post comments to assume my use of energy is a net negative, which is as bad faith as it is wrong. It is possible to live in such a way that you reduce your impact to a minimum in some areas and then do a net positive in other. Additionally, the number of people who consume Google’s services is irrelevant. Millions of people consume tobacco products too, it doesn’t make it positive.
  - 123yawaworht456 2y ago
    stop posting, bro - you're literally killing the planet. turn off your device and send it away to be recycled, so someone else's descendants 100 years from now will have a few extra grams of copper. dig a hole somewhere in the wilderness and live out the rest of your life consuming nothing but grass and rainwater for sustenance. also try to breathe in moderation - you exhale CO2 every time, bringing the doomsday a bit closer, inch by inch.