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[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If the electricity bill would be lower people would use more energy and switch to electric cars real fast.

Let's spare the power grid by building AI datacenters instead, noted.

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm just pointing out that cheaper energy means people tend to use more. I'm very much for renewable energy and against AI. Just that we also need to find ways to be much more efficient with it. I live in a place with "cheap" renewable energy and we use more per capita than most of the rest of the world. So it's just something to keep in mind. I'm saying it's excellent to have renewable energy, it's excellent to have it as cheap as possible, but it can also lead to waste and pollution in other ways.

You don't have to make a false dichotomy where it's either one or the other.

EDIT: Just to give you an example. People know here that our energy is "renewable" and cheap. So when we're asked to reduce usage during peaks, there's a few people yelling at the top of their lungs that we just have to build more dams, flood more land, and that "water will always flow in the turbines anyway".

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

How markedly do people stop caring because of price?
I don't think the source of the energy has a significant impact but have no data to back it up.

Hydro may be clean but it sure as hell ain't environment-friendly.