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OKIsItJustMe

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11. I believe you're being intentionally obtuse

Thu Mar 7, 2024, 06:02 PM

Mar 2024

Scenario #1: Amazon comes to town, and helps finance a new nuclear plant which generates more electricity than they need, leading to a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions. That’s helpful!

Scenario #2: Amazon comes to town, and builds a solar farm to power their operations. OK, that’s carbon neutral.

Scenario #3: Amazon comes to town and purchases nuclear power from an existing plant, driving existing customers of the plant to buy electricity from a new natural gas facility. That’s counter-productive, but, since they’re purchasing their power from a nuclear plant, they brag about it being clean. That’s greenwashing.

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Amazon just bought a 100% nuclear-powered data center [View all] Think. Again. Mar 2024 OP

It's not as if this helps in any way OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #1

Correct, they also won't be using CO2-based energy for their new data center. Think. Again. Mar 2024 #2

They may as well be OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #3

Amazon isn't in the energy business (yet?)... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #4

Let me see if I can help you understand OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #5

Are you entirely off-grid with your own non-CO2 source of any energy you might use? Think. Again. Mar 2024 #6

You're not getting it OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #7

So, YOUR purchase of non-CO2 on-grid power... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #8

My purchase comes from a new clean generating capacity OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #9

You write... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #10

I believe you're being intentionally obtuse OKIsItJustMe Mar 2024 #11

Okay, you believe Amazon has an obligation... Think. Again. Mar 2024 #12