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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 [M] to c/progressivepolitics@lemmy.world
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Company insists it remains committed to 2040 net-zero carbon emission goals

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[–] 13 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

Absolutely fuck Amazon

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  • [–] 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

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  • [–] 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.

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    • [–] 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    "We're committed to 2040 net-zero goals."

    "But how do you plan on getting there?"

    "We're committed to it."

    Btw, net-zero is just a greenwashing term. Allowing emissions while balancing them on some spreadsheet in some obscure way is not the same as reducing emissions. It allows more pollution while pretending something is being done about it. Hey, like good old recycling.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (1 child)

    That is only partially true. With a working CO2 emission trading scheme this "balancing" means massive amounts of cross financing towards beneficial projects, eg for renewable ebergy projects etc. It adds a financial benefit to saving emissions and that is the only language markets seem to understand. It is by no means perfect but it is not just greeneashing and nothing else.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago (1 child)

    It does depend on what if being done, and if that is effective at all (which are different topics). I agree that using it as incentive is what the market responds to best, but the problem is when the company is using the term themselves rather than as an encouragement for others. That is where it becomes PR rather than any actual drive for change.

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    • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago

    The company remains committed to 2040… er… no- 2050, no- 2060 goals

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    [–] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Who the fuck authorized this?

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    • [–] 0 points 2 weeks ago

    This is Texas. Ammo is cheap. A bullet hole through the later stages of the compressor or combustion sections of a turbine engine will make an expensive mess.

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