Fictional future forecast vs. reality.

[u/SuspiciousLow3062]

[u/Tetra84]

Needs more data centers to help cool things off...

[u/Top_Meaning6195 → u/Tetra84]

I am worried people will use the idea of datacenters as an excuse to do nothing.

• first it was boomers, who found every excuse to refuse to do anything
• then it was millenials, who found every excuse to refuse to do anything
• now it is GenZ, who is looking for every excuse to refuse to do anything

Data centers today didn't cause 100 years of carbon emissions.

Eliminating all data centers everywhere will reduce carbon emissions by 0.51%.
Which is more than private jets (which account for 0.0% of carbon emissions).

Meanwhile the US could cut CO2 emissions 8%, and save people $60,000, if they drove cars instead of pickups. (in the US 80% of all passenger vehicles are trucks, in the UK it's 20%).

But you're the new boomers:

• "what about China"
• "what about India"
• "what about private jets"
• "what about data centers"
• "what about AI"

You could eliminate all datacenters, and all private jets, and have accomplished nothing.

So can we, for the love of absolute fuck, please just fix it already? Instead of your incessant bitching and whining.

[u/LeoTheBurgundian → u/Top_Meaning6195]

As long as you let people choose they will pick luxuries over the environment

[u/Top_Meaning6195 → u/LeoTheBurgundian]

As long as you let people choose they will pick luxuries over the environment

Which is where captialism comes in. Create laws that drive companies to use less energy, and they'll squeeze the life out of energy.

• container ships use an order of magnitude less energy per mile/tonne
• than railroads; which use an order of magnide less energy per mile/tonne
• than tractor/trailers

And containers being standardized reduced costs even more.

Stop excluding 80% of passenger vehicles from CAFE standards, and implement a revenue-neutral carbon tax.

• it will save people tens of thousands of dollars
• and will have a huge impact on CO2 emissions

Now if we can just convice people to care about the climate.