Google employees who work from home could lose money

Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by Retric on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @10:01AM (#28128954)

The question is the relative amount of electrify and gas used at home vs the office plus commute. Running the same computer at home or the office clearly is irrelevant for the environment.

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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by bennyp101 on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @01:28PM (#28131694)

Is it though? Maybe my office uses an electricity supplier who charges a bit more, but uses as much renewable as possible, but at home my supplier doesn’t use any renewable, but is cheaper

There are just too many factors involved to make a fair comparison - especially across countries

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Re:Google employees who work from home could lose money by Retric on Tuesday August 10, 2021 @03:36PM (#28133194)

There is no such thing as a “green” electricity supplier in practice. It’s the same power plants connected to the same grid. Unused solar power isn’t going to be wasted in favor of gas turbines.

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