cyrano@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoClimate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coalwww.theregister.comexternal-linkmessage-square154linkfedilinkarrow-up1773arrow-down15 cross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.world
arrow-up1768arrow-down1external-linkClimate goals go up in smoke as US datacenters turn to coalwww.theregister.comcyrano@piefed.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square154linkfedilink cross-posted to: usa@midwest.socialusa@lemmy.mlnews@lemmy.world
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoAnd for some reason OUR utility bills are going up to pay for it.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYep. People are charged the marginal cost of power generation. Everyone pays the price of the most expensive source of electricity. The market is rigged.
And for some reason OUR utility bills are going up to pay for it.
Yep. People are charged the marginal cost of power generation. Everyone pays the price of the most expensive source of electricity. The market is rigged.