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		resolutebat on Aug 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Data centres account for between 1.5% and 2% of gl... Sorry, you're right: FL has low energy consumption but high electricity consumption. The point still stands though, it's still better for the environment to live in FL and use air-con than to live in the UK and heat your house through the winter.

jameson71 on Aug 24, 2023 [–]

This is kind of messed up as it makes global warming cheap to avoid the felt effects

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