Comment on Google and Microsoft consume more power than some countries

chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If your efficiency function is centered around revenue, then yeah, of course… No surprise that one of the world’s most successful for-profit companies generates more profit per watt-hour than a nation, which encompasses all sorts of non-revenue-generating activity like running hospitals and keeping street lights on.

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  • tal@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Those will be counted towards GDP – that’s all economic activity.

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    • chiisana@lemmy.chiisana.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Lemmy is bad with money, economics and business, also anti corporate/work, so anything positive towards corporate tends to be slammed with ignorance. I try my best to just ignore those replies / votes and move on.

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      • thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        My comment isn’t anti-corporate or anti-work though…? It just isn’t that strange that Google is more efficient at generating revenue (as dollars-per-kWh) than Finland is.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I try to correct them if it’s easy enough. I probably won’t convince them, but maybe the next person will consider it and educate themselves.

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