cyrano@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoClimate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coalwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square145linkfedilinkarrow-up1749arrow-down15 cross-posted to: world@quokk.auusa@midwest.socialfuck_ai@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.nethackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1744arrow-down1external-linkClimate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coalwww.theregister.comcyrano@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square145linkfedilink cross-posted to: world@quokk.auusa@midwest.socialfuck_ai@lemmy.worldusa@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.worldclimate@slrpnk.nethackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoAnd for some reason OUR utility bills are going up to pay for it.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours agoYep. People are charged the marginal cost of power generation. Everyone pays the price of the most expensive source of electricity. The market is rigged.
And for some reason OUR utility bills are going up to pay for it.
Yep. People are charged the marginal cost of power generation. Everyone pays the price of the most expensive source of electricity. The market is rigged.