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Re:Carbon footprint of unwanted data use by smartphones by wmf on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @05:29PM (#32843654)
Tax carbon and move on. These (inaccurate) calculations and the resulting guilt trips are the real waste of resources.
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Re:Carbon footprint of unwanted data use by smartphones by phpthrowaway99 on Wednesday September 14, 2022 @10:23PM (#32846248)
Isn't the cost of electricity basically that, or do you mean increase the price to where it actually hurts hard to even exist?
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Re:Carbon footprint of unwanted data use by smartphones by xnx on Thursday September 15, 2022 @12:23AM (#32847008)
Current electricity pricing treats the cost of dumping the waste products (carbon dioxide, and worse) into the atmosphere as an externality.
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