This reminds me of that article someone shared here (I think) about your Spotify streaming’s carbon footprint. It was a very odd article. I think it was likely factually correct, but it even said something like “streaming all year produces as much CO2 as (incredibly small task)”. It seemed AI generated, like the dumped in data and told it the conclusion it should come to. Because I don’t think anyone reasonable would’ve read it and thought that streaming music for a while year was in any way comparable to the other thing. Again, something minor, like driving a few miles. Something a huge amount of people do every day.
Yup. I think it’s fair to say someone driving a gas guzzler SUV needs to make a little more effort to help with global warming… get an EV or better yet, take transit.
But with electrical stuff, there exists green power that’s cheaper than the alternatives, it’s the industry’s fault for not making effort on that. I’m not the fucking power company.
It’s gotta be a shared responsibility on this instead of finger pointing. I’m taking transit and fighting tooth and nail against my employer’s stupid RTO policies (while looking for a job elsewhere). I’m doing my part on the things I can control and I expect industry to do the same.
We have a gas guzzler suv. It would be worse for the global environment to get a new car, not that I could or want to be to able to afford it. Our car is used. And I walk to work.
This reminds me of that article someone shared here (I think) about your Spotify streaming’s carbon footprint. It was a very odd article. I think it was likely factually correct, but it even said something like “streaming all year produces as much CO2 as (incredibly small task)”. It seemed AI generated, like the dumped in data and told it the conclusion it should come to. Because I don’t think anyone reasonable would’ve read it and thought that streaming music for a while year was in any way comparable to the other thing. Again, something minor, like driving a few miles. Something a huge amount of people do every day.
Even if it was a ridiculous amount, it makes no sense to blame the end users of the service instead of the service itself
Yup. I think it’s fair to say someone driving a gas guzzler SUV needs to make a little more effort to help with global warming… get an EV or better yet, take transit.
But with electrical stuff, there exists green power that’s cheaper than the alternatives, it’s the industry’s fault for not making effort on that. I’m not the fucking power company.
It’s gotta be a shared responsibility on this instead of finger pointing. I’m taking transit and fighting tooth and nail against my employer’s stupid RTO policies (while looking for a job elsewhere). I’m doing my part on the things I can control and I expect industry to do the same.
We have a gas guzzler suv. It would be worse for the global environment to get a new car, not that I could or want to be to able to afford it. Our car is used. And I walk to work.