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That CO2 will be emitted either way. We can choose though what % goes to funny cat videos and porn or useful open source code.
by SXX 2mo ago
That CO2 will be emitted either way. We can choose though what % goes to funny cat videos and porn or useful open source code.
- croes 2mo agoThey build new data centers -> extra CO2 They build new power plants -> extra CO2 They built non-climate neutral power plants to power the data centers -> extra CO2 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223845 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49223845 It’s not like we had some already produced spare energy lying around. Consumption went up, production went up, often it’s conventional production with CO2 There is a reason Google and MS scrapped their CO2 goals