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Can I send you this month's electric bill to split the difference off of?
I have maintained a rigorous control on our home power useage for years and in spite of this, the bill has increased roughly 52% in the last year - and it's aparently down to the increased demand that needs to be supplemented by purchasing power from outside of our region because of data centers.
If you love it so much.. How about YOU pay the extra cost for those of us who did not ask for, and do not need, it.
It's all part of the same thing.. offloading burdens from the provider - be it a data center or google, onto the user, without permission.