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It chocks me that no one mentions that these instances run on dirty coal plants.
by Ihmahr 13y ago
It chocks me that no one mentions that these instances run on dirty coal plants.
- tnuc 13y agoWhat should they run on? Unicorn sparkles?
- Ihmahr 13y agoQuick google: http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/09/14/icloud-solar-farm-nearly-complete/ http://www.idownloadblog.com/2012/09/14/icloud-solar-farm-ne... Solar or wind.
- Spiritus 13y agoThere's plenty of alternatives to coal!
- flyt 13y agoNot when you buy from the general purpose grid. You can eventually become big enough to pressure the power companies to source from cleaner generation types but that doesn't over night.
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- saosebastiao 13y agoHave you actually read the greenpeace report? Amazon uses less coal than most cloud companies.