On: Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment

[shafyy]

> What's the upside of moralizing energy consumption, especially once it's 100% renewable.

Because of the reason I just explained above. 100% renewable energy does not mean that producing that energy does not have an environmental cost.

> Why not just let the market decide? If I'm paying for it, why does anyone else get a say in how I use it?

Because the "free market" does not internalize externalities (costs to shared resources like the environment, air quality, public health, etc.).

[mritterhoff → shafyy]

Focussing on pricing those externalities (tiny as they'll be in a 100% renewable world), through laws + policy, is a better strategy than trying to convince people not to use their electricity for <thing I personally don't value>.