https://docs.paperspace.com/core/compute/machine-types/
1 x A100, 80GB is $3.19 / hour. 8 x A100, 80GB is about $25 / hour.
They have much less expensive machines. I used to use them to run steam games, but now proton is just too darn good. Their low end machines are OK for CAD software that supports real-time raytracing.
Disclosure, I'm head of product @ Crusoe Cloud. Feel free to ping me at mike at crusoecloud dot com if you've got questions or feedback.
https://www.crusoeenergy.com/digital-flare-mitigation has some more information.
We have a bunch of diseased pine trees. Assuming we don't have enough time to cut them down and burn them in the next 12 months, and that I am unscrupulous, I could sell you carbon credits through one of the bigger exchanges. You would never know, and it would be completely above board.
John Oliver had a particularly depressing segment on this recently.
(Totally off topic, but I'd love to biochar them instead. Using them for lumber and shipping them offsite are non-starters. Any ideas, anyone?)
Agreed that a lot of carbon offsets look like, "we were going to cut this section of the rainforest down, but if you pay us, we won't do that for X period of time." This is _actually_ reducing existing emissions.
Coreweave let me get a modern card box first go round. I'd go with coreweave if you are a weekend hacker who just wants access to a lil bit of beefy GPU.
YMMV.