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Re:Seagate claims spinning disks beat SSDs on carbon footprint by 15123125 on Monday May 19, 2025 @07:18AM (#44028557)
The "not all" argument is very lazy of you. All these production plants are on the grid and they use carbon energy. How much is "not all" ?
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Re:Seagate claims spinning disks beat SSDs on carbon footprint by rob_c on Monday May 19, 2025 @07:36AM (#44028712)
Absolutely not.

The poster has highlighted a major issue that is often glossed over in terms of actual carbon footprint. It's like saying a Chinese coal plant is the same as a Scottish hydro dam otherwise which is very, very wrong.

Yes nothing is perfect, but running a dam in an area with little water silt for many many years is different in carbon footprint to a coal plant run at 80% efficiency from strip mined coal.

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