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World's richest 10% produce half of global carbon emissions, says Oxfam (2015) (slrpnk.net)

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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/dec/02/worlds-richest-10-produce-half-of-global-carbon-emissions-says-oxfam

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[-] callyral@pawb.social 7 points 10 months ago

I imagine most computer related pollution would come from big tech companies like Google (Alphabet), Microsoft, Amazon, etc. Since servers (Google Drive, Youtube, Onedrive, AWS, AI stuff) may require regular replacement of parts and a lot of electricity.

[-] flambonkscious@sh.itjust.works 1 points 10 months ago

There's a reason they like to build their data centres next to power stations - it's significantly cheaper. Hopefully that gives you an idea just how much power they go through...

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