That is the reality of "But our data center only uses renewables!" story: That renewable power is taken while other potentially more important services have to fall back on less responsible forms of energy. mastodon.cloud/@slashdot/11361…
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@tante How can people not understand the trade-off?
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I don't know if it is the same in other countries but in the UK the price paid for energy at any given hour is determined by the highest from all the sources used to meet demand.
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@tante Crypto is the very dumbest feature in this #DumbestTimeline
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