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Google’s Emissions Climbed 48% Since 2019. AI Is Why.
www.gadgetreview.com/googles-emissions-climbed-48-since-2019-ai-is-why
Replying to @Mustachius_Grumpius@thelemmy.club
This is 100% green energy because they bought enough green certificates on the market.
Replying to @vane@lemmy.world
The US does not have a functioning certificate market, does it? And ind the EU those ultra durty gas turbines are illegal for use as power plant replacement for data centres, aren’t they?
Replying to @Jiral@lemmy.world
You can cheat.
The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) is a United Nations-run carbon offset scheme allowing countries to fund greenhouse gas emissions-reducing projects in other countries and claim the saved emissions as part of their own efforts to meet international emissions targets.
Replying to @vane@lemmy.world
Everything is pay to win nowadays…
Replying to @VonReposti@feddit.dk
Replying to @VonReposti@feddit.dk
that is the intent of capitalism
Replying to @vane@lemmy.world
In order to count for the it must be more than a sham, though.