Google and Microsoft now each consume more power than some fairly big countries
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Re: Google and Microsoft now each consume more power than some fairly big countries
#2Given how wildly profitable they are, we should be passing laws that they must produce X % of their power needs from renewable sources, where X approaches 100%. This would be a jobs program that would also help the planet. Win win.
Investors would make slightly less money in the short term, but our grandchildren will be able to live. I think that is a good trade off.
Re: Google and Microsoft now each consume more power than some fairly big countries
#3Given how wildly profitable they are, we should be passing laws that they must produce X % of their power needs from renewable sources, where X approaches 100%. This would be a jobs program that would also help the planet. Win win. Investors would make slightly less money in the short term, but our grandchildren will be able to live. I think that is a good trade off.
I think I heard Google was aiming to do that by 2030. Not sure though
Re: Google and Microsoft now each consume more power than some fairly big countries
#4Given how wildly profitable they are, we should be passing laws that they must produce X % of their power needs from renewable sources, where X approaches 100%. This would be a jobs program that would also help the planet. Win win. Investors would make slightly less money in the short term, but our grandchildren will be able to live. I think that is a good trade off.
There seems to be some traction with big tech investing in fission reactors and fusion research.
Re: Google and Microsoft now each consume more power than some fairly big countries
#5Given how wildly profitable they are, we should be passing laws that they must produce X % of their power needs from renewable sources, where X approaches 100%. This would be a jobs program that would also help the planet. Win win. Investors would make slightly less money in the short term, but our grandchildren will be able to live. I think that is a good trade off.
Just train your AI on sunny windy days pls Microsoft and Google, k thnx.
Re: Google and Microsoft now each consume more power than some fairly big countries
#6Given how wildly profitable they are, we should be passing laws that they must produce X % of their power needs from renewable sources, where X approaches 100%. This would be a jobs program that would also help the planet. Win win. Investors would make slightly less money in the short term, but our grandchildren will be able to live. I think that is a good trade off.
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Re: Google and Microsoft now each consume more power than some fairly big countries
#7Given how wildly profitable they are, we should be passing laws that they must produce X % of their power needs from renewable sources, where X approaches 100%. This would be a jobs program that would also help the planet. Win win. Investors would make slightly less money in the short term, but our grandchildren will be able to live. I think that is a good trade off.
> we should be passing laws that they must produce X % of their power needs from renewable sources
Much more efficient to do this through the tax code. (Use corporate taxes to do what you want instead of delegating our energy mix to an ad company.)
Re: Google and Microsoft now each consume more power than some fairly big countries
#8Given how wildly profitable they are, we should be passing laws that they must produce X % of their power needs from renewable sources, where X approaches 100%. This would be a jobs program that would also help the planet. Win win. Investors would make slightly less money in the short term, but our grandchildren will be able to live. I think that is a good trade off.
I think I heard Google was aiming to do that by 2030. Not sure though
Not sure about Google but AWS was planning to do that by 2030 and is seemingly on track to do that by 2025.
> Amazon is the world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy and is on a path to powering our operations with 100% renewable energy by 2025—five years ahead of our original target of 2030.
Re: Google and Microsoft now each consume more power than some fairly big countries
#9Given how wildly profitable they are, we should be passing laws that they must produce X % of their power needs from renewable sources, where X approaches 100%. This would be a jobs program that would also help the planet. Win win. Investors would make slightly less money in the short term, but our grandchildren will be able to live. I think that is a good trade off.
They mostly are. You don’t need laws… when you want good data center distribution you’re going to be putting DCs where the grid can’t support such a step change in consumption. So they need new energy production, and it’s typically going to be renewable
Re: Google and Microsoft now each consume more power than some fairly big countries
#10Given how wildly profitable they are, we should be passing laws that they must produce X % of their power needs from renewable sources, where X approaches 100%. This would be a jobs program that would also help the planet. Win win. Investors would make slightly less money in the short term, but our grandchildren will be able to live. I think that is a good trade off.
Google, Microsoft and others are directly buying electricity from nuclear and renewable sources, doing some major greenwashing this way.
https://www.ans.org/news/article-5842/amazon-buys-nuclearpow...
By doing that they force all the others to rely on the "other" sources (gas, coal...) and not replace fast enough those ones with clean sources.
The production is physically limited, if you have the money and power to be green, the others are not and you can seriously slow down the transition.
I'd prefer that those nuclear plans and renewable farms are used for better purposes as hospitals, industries, homes...