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Pledges coming from proprietary software companies mean nothing

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/15/24157496/microsoft-ai-carbon-footprint-greenhouse-gas-emissions-grow-climate-pledg

Get behind the community that is _really_ fighting to curb climate change:

https://eco.kde.org/get-involved

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#ecology #environment #emissions #microsoft

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gencha@lemm.ee
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Climate was only cool while you could buy fake carbon credits to make up lies about responsible computing at scale. Now we save the world with AI once again. Next year, compute on mars, true planetary scale! Cloud? We’re doing Starsystem now!

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Xeroxchasechase@lemmy.world
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Climate was only cool in the 1700’s…

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kurumin@linux.community
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Lol

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AggressivelyPassive@feddit.de
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You forgot quantum! We’re developing super duper plants that suck the carbon out of the atmosphere harder than a crack whore and make everything great for everyone (with money)!!!

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minecraftchest1@social.opendesktop.org
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@gencha
Carbon credits weren’t, and are not fake
They just never did anything.

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gencha@lemm.ee
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That sounds valid. I was thinking about the fact that most carbon credits are generated from deforestation reduction projects that renew yearly.

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Stemy@mas.to
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@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Microsoft doing heavy greenwashing, what a surprise ! /s

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sexy_peach@beehaw.org
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The board of directors is obliged to maximize profits for the shareholders!

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Kichae@lemmy.ca
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It’s not. It’s obliged to work in the shareholders’ interests. That can mean many things.

The board just chooses to take a narrow interpretation of those interests.

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umbrella@lemmy.ml
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pledges coming from any capitalist for-profit company mean nothing.

unless the pledge is cutting costs or making line go up or laying off a third of your employees.

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kurumin@linux.community
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Nois aqui ensinando essa turminha kkkk

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kurumin@linux.community
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Pledges coming from capitalists means nothing.

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floofloof@lemmy.ca
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They just need “unless we can make more money in the short term by not doing it” appended to them. So, yes, they mean nothing.

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