Australian Climate and Energy Minister Chris Bowen has said he will use federal power to force states to fall into line with his plan to require data centres to fully offset their electricity use

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sounds good up front but the reality is much worse.

https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/260803-why-data-centre-greenwashing-is-about-to-explode

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Well it is Labor, so they’re guaranteed to virtue signal progressive ideals while choosing the milquetoast neoliberal options, until all have been exhausted.

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But friendlyjordies said labor was going to save us!

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Yeah as soon as I read “offset” I’m like “oh, it’s creative accounting”.

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I’ve never heard “to” so many times in 1 sentence

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There are some great sentences out there:

A veterinarian prescribed antibiotics Monday for a camel that lives behind an Iberville Parish truck stop after a Florida woman told law officers she bit the 600-pound animal’s genitalia after it sat on her when she and her husband entered its enclosure to retrieve their deaf dog.

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Someone’s read the room.

I also recommend wrapping datacentre applications heavily in red tape and nipping down the Winchester and waiting for it to all blow over :) This time next year (or the next) the outlook may be very different.

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The winds of change appear to be about to blow a lot of the money loosing companies away. Waiting is probably for the best.

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At least ! Someone at work

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At most ! Someone at play

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