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by _cenw 1085 days ago
This sounds like a feature that would be more useful in Germany, where the percentage of renewables varies wildly by time of day. Also, I hate the carbon footprint framing, a concept invented by fossil fuel companies to direct attention away from systemic issues. Climate change is not an individual issue and this feature at scale is already much more impactful than a thousand people checking their carbon footprint.
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I hate carbon footprint for a related but distinct issue: companies such as Apple or Microsoft use it as a way to say they’re “green” while producing untold levels of ewaste. They can’t even follow the Three Rs. Reduction of waste is literally the most important for a reason.