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Google’s Emissions Climbed 48% Since 2019. AI Is Why. (www.gadgetreview.com)
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[+] -8 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Very good, considering how much Google’s revenue has risen over that time.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 month ago (5 children)

    Who exactly is it very good for?

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  • [–] -3 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Envinronment.

    Google is now able to generate 43% more value to the society (revenue) per unit of pollution. Their profits rose by 93% (market cap by 66%) adjusted to pollution.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 month ago* (1 child)

    Fake money, fake tech, fake people, fake value, real consequences.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 month ago

    You can't just call things fake.

    Money is the best thing to measure value.

    Notice how I’m not even including emissions reduced by Google claiming parts of the market (so, for example, if Bing had 20% of search engine market share and generated 2X pollution, while Google had 80% and generated 8X pollution, Google taking over the whole market wouldn’t change total pollution output, because total pollution stays at 10X).

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