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Musk’s fossil data centres are undoing Tesla’s climate benefit (ketanjoshi.co)

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 1 point 8 months ago (1 child)

10 years sounds shockingly short. My impression is that the average car lasts about 20 years. Lots of older cars still on the road.

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[–] resipsaloquitur@lemmy.world 1 point 8 months ago

Great.

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