[Raphael_Amiard]

I'm not sure why you are being downvoted, that sounds pretty reasonable to me. The idea that we'll have to make (at least) this level of compromise to survive as a species seems to still not be taken seriously in the tech world.

[corty]

I can sympathize with downvoters, demanding change is always easier when the demand is aimed at others, not yourself or your peergroup. And I'm not sure if this level of compromise is really necessary, or if optimizing computer power consumption is just negligible on a global scale and the resources spent to optimize here (it will cost money after all, even if the initial investment pays later on) would be better spent elsewhere.

My comment was aimed more at the hypocrisy of claiming to be green and then skipping the obvious savings in optimizations.