Because AI and Crypto use to much electricity, what if a law was made that they had to power it with green energy?
Something on the lines of if your company facility is using over X amount of energy the majority of that has to be from a green source such as solar power. What would happen and is this feasible or am I totally thinking about this wrong
Why not just pass a law that no one can generate electricity except from green sources? It sounds so easy when I put it like that.
Are you thinking that sprinkling the buzzwords “AI” and “Crypto” on an “only green energy” kind of provision would allow lawmakers to leverage hype to cut through right-wing resistence to green energy mandates in a way that a more blanket (or even just not-Crypto/AI-focused) provision couldn’t?
Why not just pass a law that no one can generate electricity except from green sources? It sounds so easy when I put it like that.
Um - those laws have been passed. Usually with a reasonable approach such as “you can continue operating the coal plants that were already built, but no more can be built”.
What’s actually happening around the world though is those plants are becoming too expensive to run, so they’re shutting down even if they are allowed to continue to operate. Renewable power is a lot cheaper than fossil fuel power these days.
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