Re: We need to define a path for Debian to climate neutrality
Le vendredi, 13 mai 2022, 17.38:13 h CEST Thomas Goirand a écrit :
> Most of the time, "green energy" is just "green washing". If you buy
> "green energy" in France or Swiss (these are the only places I know for
> sure what's going on), you get a higher electricity bill, and a slot in
> the green energy consumers. But the electricity may well come from the
> nearby coal power plant, even if you bought a slot of green electricity.
Electricity on wires is like water in tubes; it might be "green", but tastes
equal. [0] What matters is what provider your payment gets wired to. The point
of buying "green" energy is not to guarantee its provenance in your plug, it's
to guarantee that the "green" providers get compensated for your energy
consumption.
It doesn't make any sense to build separated electricity transport networks,
to avoid accusations of "green washing".
It _does_ make sense to direct consumer energy bills' money to sustainable
producers.
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OdyX
[0] I know I know, water systems are usually way less interconnected than
electricity networks, and water doesn't taste universally equal.
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