Re:Seagate claims spinning disks beat SSDs on carbon footprint
by rob_c on Monday May 19, 2025 @07:36AM
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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.
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.