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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by barney54 on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:27AM (#24469854)
Not necessarily. They are buying renewable power, however, the actually generation that power their data enters come from the grid and includes coal and natural gas. When the wind isn’t blowing and the sun isn’t shining, they are powered by coal, nukes, hydro, and natural gas.
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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by MattGaiser on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:34AM (#24469914)
Google would need to build its own grid to have it only use its own wind and solar. That is not reasonable.
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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by rcMgD2BwE72F on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:41AM (#24469990)
Pretending to have an "all-time carbon footprint" to be "zero" isn't reasonable either.
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Re:Google says its carbon footprint is now zero by oauea on Monday September 14, 2020 @09:37AM (#24469939)
Powered by nukes? That is not how nuclear reactors work.
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