Comment on Ireland’s datacentres overtake electricity use of all urban homes combined | The Guardian

MyOpinion@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

• FaceDeer@fedia.io ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

  Why does the rule need to be specific to data centers? Why not just try to encourage renewable energy in general?

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  • ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

    I really wonder how much large scale energy production we’d need if every building was required to have solar. I know we’d need some energy storage tech such as batteries but I’m focusing more on the generation part.

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    • QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

      Requiring solar is good for certain regions, but it might be better to make this more generic for any renewables especially because there are areas that don’t get a lot of sun.

      For instance, California requires all newly constructed homes to have solar installed, but that wouldn’t work too well for places that are mostly cloudy throughout the year, or for places like Alaska.

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