silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agoData center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than officialwww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up1116arrow-down10cross-posted to: news@hexbear.networldnews@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1116arrow-down1external-linkData center emissions likely 662% higher than big tech claims. Can it keep up the ruse? Emissions from in-house data centers of Google, Microsoft, Meta and Apple may be 7.62 times higher than officialwww.theguardian.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square8fedilinkcross-posted to: news@hexbear.networldnews@lemmit.onlinenews@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.net
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoIt’s pretty well documented that the transferrable renewable energy credits don’t result in the construction of additional renewables. That lack of additionality means that they’re not effective at causing decarbonization.
It’s pretty well documented that the transferrable renewable energy credits don’t result in the construction of additional renewables. That lack of additionality means that they’re not effective at causing decarbonization.