Comment on Just Stop Oil protestors interrupt UK’s biggest games event EGX

regulatorg@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

• Krotiuz@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  This group also targeted a Formula Electric Grand Prix, which seems counter productive...

  https://www.reuters.com/sports/motor-sports/climate-change-activists-protest-berlin-formula-e-race-2023-04-23/

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  • regulatorg@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Targeted people trying to do the right thing? Lol. I worry if they went to NASCAR or monster trucks they would be harmed by the fans you see there

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  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    You couldn’t make this shit up, seriously.

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    • noodle@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      One day it’s gonna come out that it was all a prank organised on 4chan, isn’t it?

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      • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        It actually feels like something they’d do.

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• vivadanang@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  Not directly but… I genuinely worry - video games are basically software that turns electricity into heat. The entire market is growing year over year, requiring more power each generation. Do the math, it’s pretty easy.

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  • regulatorg@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Computing requires little oil, while we aren't there yet its safe to assume it will be powered by green energy

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    • vivadanang@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      video games are basically software that turns electricity into heat.

      your reply in no way addresses this fundamental point.

      The entire market is growing year over year, requiring more power each generation. Do the math, it’s pretty easy.

      ditto. even if we only worry about the heat generated, and not the power sourced (assuming your 100% renewable which is not realistic today) - we still have a problem.

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      • regulatorg@kbin.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        In this particular case, the protestors are complaining about oil, not power use or heat generation, so your fundamental point isn't really valid

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  • Ilovethebomb@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    There are a lot of much more harmful things people could be doing with their spare time than playing vidya games.

    Besides, it entirely depends on how renewable the electricity generation is as to the environmental impact.

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• Bandananaan@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  They have done this at motorsport events… Putting their lives, the competitors lives and the marshals lives at risk. It’s idiotic

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