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Google CIO Calls Trump Admin’s Climate Denialism “Fantastic” | Ruth Porat called for data centers to be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear (www.levernews.com)

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I'll note that the article as originally published contains a typo; Ruth Porat is the CIO at Google, not the CEO.

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[–] sad_detective_man@leminal.space 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

oh so they'll stop using the same power grid as the rest of us?

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[–] silence7@slrpnk.net [S] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

No. Just make you pay to add fossil generation to support their use

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[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago

And then claim that they're running on green energy entirely because they paid someone money for a "credit".

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