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Marketing bullshit that appeals to some low-information, vibes-based liberals.
Greenwashing for profit.
Greenwashing, can’t believe this even is a question
If this encourages light, fast loading pages, I’m all for it.
The future is no JavaScript!!
I wish.
Lies are good if I like one of the outcomes they promote!
It was kind of a joke response.
My website is running off of spare resources on my 10w router, and yet my 30w monitor that I’ve been using for 10+ years still says that I’ve saved exactly 0.0 trees every time I turn it on. Thank you, now please fuck off with that bullshit.
Whatever it is, it’s a joke. Things like this just take the focus off the people actually causing the problem.
What the hell is a green website
https://www.vandelaydesign.com/green-websites/
Those are green websites /s
It’s completely negligible compared to industrial manufacturing, bitcoin mining, waste, etc.
Make a lighter website because no one gives a shit about a heavy one.
I recently saw it reported that Crypto was 2% of US electric use.
That’s a whole lot of wasted processing, silicon, heat and energy.
Is it too difficult to post some context?
This appears to be the calculator: https://www.websitecarbon.com/
And it only appears to check the size of downloaded assets and then whether the hosting provider is known to use renewables. Indeed not terribly exhaustive or useful.
Out of curiosity I’ve let it rate Low<-Tech Magazine, a website run on an ARM SBC powered exclusively with off-grid solar power, and that only achieves 87% / A.
Eheh nice one to test! If there’s a 100% it should be that one
Same as “carbon footprint” - meaningless greenwashed bullshit there to shift focus away from those responsible, and the true scale of the damage they’re causing for money.
If anything - seeing that kind of certification would make me actively avoid a company because you know they’re at best using it to virtue signal for profits, at worst and more likely, they’re using it to cover up much much worse shit they’re doing.
If ESG is anything to go by, just a greenwashing fad they’ll drop as soon as it doesn’t have the desired effect
relevant if it sabotages coal mining infrastructure
Mostly seems a bit silly but I think if people were making any sort of large decisions based on it, I would probably raise an eyebrow. But I like the idea of people considering the environmental impact of everything they do. Crypto Bros sure could’ve used that lesson.
It’s not like it’s doing any harm unless people put too much stock into it. Like the energy star rating on my HVAC unit - it’s just information to me. It’s not like I’m making major decisions based off of it or getting the feel goods. No reason this can’t be like that.
Huh?
How tf can my website produce less than 0g pf emissions?
It is about as useful as a bullshit milkshake is to a vegan.