• belit_deg@lemmy.world
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    9 hours ago

    How about reducing our dependence on data centres by using software that is more peer to peer and local first etc?

    Of course some data centres have legitimate use cases, such as big data analysis on weather and climate data etc, but building huge data centres for social media and running everything in the cloud is silly from an environmental perspective

  • Zarxrax@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    How about water usage rates that penalize bulk consumers instead of giving them cheaper rates?

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      21 hours ago

      Woah woah woah. Those billion dollar companies are investing in our town, that’s why we are giving them the equivalent of millions of dollars a year for free. -s