Because AI and Crypto use so much electricity, what if a law was made that they had to power it with green energy? - eviltoast

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

Edit: Good responses from everyone, my point in asking this was completely hypothetical, ignoring how hard it would be to implement a restriction. My own thoughts are that requiring the use of renewable energy for high electricity products could help spur the demand for it as now it’s a requirement. Of course companies would fight back, they want money

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    9 months ago

    The hydro plant for my city doesn’t even have a reservoir. It’s just on a river that flows down a mountain. And 99.999% of the water doesn’t go through any turbines.

    Having said that - it doesn’t produce enough power for the city, let alone spare to be wasted on other things.