Post #3785146
2026-07-13 12:42 UTC
@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange Oh yes. And if we included the enormous costs of energy and drinking water, the environmental costs of the huge datacenters (plus planned #spacedebris) in a time of #climateCrisis! These costs are mainly paid by people living in those regions, not by the users. And by the climate, by biodiversity.
We only have one earth.
@hfalcke@mastodon.social
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@david_chisnall@infosec.exchange 2026-07-13 12:54
@NatureMC@mastodon.online @hfalcke@mastodon.social I'd counted that in the second point (what happens when you factor in externalities?), but it's worth calling out explicitly: there are a lot of costs that vendors of these things are simply not paying, they're being indirectly subsidised for. Take those subsidies away and the prices go up a lot. Make them pay enough for the water and electricity that they consume to be able to fix the damage that they're causing and you'll see them become unaffordable very quickly.