▲ 98 ▼ Amazon’s new 7.65GW Texas AI data center power plant could become the largest source of CO₂ pollution in the US — custom 35-turbine gas plant authorized to emit 33 million tons of annual greenhouse ga (www.tomshardware.com) submitted 2 weeks ago by TokenBoomer@lemmy.world [M] to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world 13 comments fedilink hide all child comments Company insists it remains committed to 2040 net-zero carbon emission goals
[–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) Absolutely fuck Amazon permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dudeface@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) I stopped using Amazon like 5 years ago, I get annoyed when eBay purchases show up in Amazon packaging because they use Amazon logistics permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rothe@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) I stopped using it 20 years ago, but the point is that this kind of shit still affects all of us, customers or not. These fuckers are intent on burning down our planet just so billionaires can add some extra billions to their pile of money, and a handful of myopic techbros can go "Well akshually it is a very useful tool if you know how to use it". Fuck them all and their selfish murderous ways. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 1 point 2 weeks ago ^^absolutely permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dudeface@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) I stopped using Amazon like 5 years ago, I get annoyed when eBay purchases show up in Amazon packaging because they use Amazon logistics permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Rothe@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) I stopped using it 20 years ago, but the point is that this kind of shit still affects all of us, customers or not. These fuckers are intent on burning down our planet just so billionaires can add some extra billions to their pile of money, and a handful of myopic techbros can go "Well akshually it is a very useful tool if you know how to use it". Fuck them all and their selfish murderous ways. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 1 point 2 weeks ago ^^absolutely permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Rothe@piefed.social 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 child) I stopped using it 20 years ago, but the point is that this kind of shit still affects all of us, customers or not. These fuckers are intent on burning down our planet just so billionaires can add some extra billions to their pile of money, and a handful of myopic techbros can go "Well akshually it is a very useful tool if you know how to use it". Fuck them all and their selfish murderous ways. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 1 point 2 weeks ago ^^absolutely permalink fedilink source parent