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

  • Usernameblankface@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    If you mean their own green energy that they have to buy, set up, and maintain on their own, then sure. Force them off grid and bring enormous financial consequences if they pollute to make their energy

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      9 months ago

      They would just set up in Kazakhstan or something. How does that help? There’s no way everyone in the world passes the same law