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by kube-system 9 days ago
> because you really really have to reach to make a metal box that hums into an existential environmental crisis.

I think most people are aware that computers don't emit pollution directly. It's the externalities that do.

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So why aren't they protesting meat production, SUV sales, or golf courses?
1. People do protest these things

2. There is not currently trillions of dollars of investment driving the construction of those projects

3. None of those concerns are currently driving up utility costs in the communities where they exist