Climate Change Supercomputer Cited as Top Polluter

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16 points·1SockChuck··5 comments

Shame that so many of those hard-working thoughtful journalists who provide such an essential service to the community by reporting this sort of thing are being put out of work by the internet and IT. If only they'd just unplug those big nasty computers and we could go back to the way things were.

A deeply stupid article. Supercomputers use a lot of power, oh noes! Clearly we could solve climate change if we shut down all the supercomputers...?

The Daily Mail loves this kind of thing because it makes their elderly, luddite audience feel smug that "oh, those computer thingies, all they do is pollute the environment!" which is why they still drive to the bank every week rather than doing it online.

Do you have some thoroughly reliable evidence to back up your claims about the Daily Mail readership? And your name calling? 'Deeply stupid'? The Met Office is cited as one of the worst buildings in Britain for pollution being responsible for more than 12,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year. No one says anything about shutting down supercomputers - that's your straw man but the fact reported is a tad ironic and eminently reportable I would have thought.

Well, you gotta break eggs to make an omelette.

Why cant we utilize the supercomputer to our advantage, and make it actually do some good, and help to stop pollution? Not the V8, V12 or even a Jet Engine. But utilize another often used engine in collaboration with the supercomputer, to create true green energy. Hint. Im using it right now.

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