Dawn Nafus @mastodon.social Anthropologist at a big tech co. I do responsible AI for work. What I care about is decarbonizing tech, from high in the stack to deepest darkest infrastructure. And what I really care about when I'm not a work person is ecosystems, justice, and a good cat or fungi pic. A day in pajamas doing nothing at all is a day well spent.
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@okasen @stefanlaser you are right to be skeptical about AWS https://www.fastcompany.com/90879223/amazon-claims-to-champion-clean-energy-so-why-did-it-just-help-kill-an-emissions-bill-in-oregon.
FWIW, I think you are pointing to a larger problem-- like, it's not a coincidence that the harder the sales pitch of the cloud, the more obscure such numbers become.
To take a car analogy--there's a reason most Americans have an intuition for what miles per gallon *feels* like, but wouldn't know where to start with the equivalent for EVs.