Comment on Google and Microsoft consume more power than some countries
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca 2 months agoIf 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.
tal@lemmy.today 2 months ago
Those will be counted towards GDP – that’s all economic activity.
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.
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.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
It’s strange that people believe capitalist/political metrics mean anything of value.
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.