| Cerebralbore101 said: Just like how you failed to put the carbon emissions into perspective you failed to put the rare earth mineral mining into perspective. Just one AI server tower uses over thirty times as many rare earth minerals as a game console. Probably 100 times more. The mining needed for a game console is nothing and so are the CO2 emisions. And you simply refused to acknowledge that electricity usage is a drop in the bucket compared to everyday energy use. It's a green hobby because it uses far less energy and materials than going out. |
I see what you're doing, you're comparing ONE GAMING CONSOLE to the entire AI industry rather than comparing the entire gaming industry to the entire AI industry. Pretty dishonest, that.
You're saying one console is equal to one server tower when billions of consoles have been sold? How much of the materials for those billions of consoles have come from strip mines in vulnerable countries using slave labor? How much energy has been used to manufacture those billions of consoles? How much pollution has been produced? How much e-waste? That's not even counting all the gaming PC components which are replaced much more often than in other PCs. Saying none of this matters and it's all GREEN is an interesting take. This is almost as wild as your idea that kids would be driving around in SUVs if they didn't have gaming consoles to play. Data Server construction will fall off as it becomes more efficient and probably over-saturated. The gaming industry has been churning out physical products for many decades and it looks like that will continue.
In effect you're saying that someone has the moral high ground if they stole 100 dollars because SOMEONE ELSE stole 1,000 dollars. Anything YOU do or like is the line for acceptable, anything beyond that is bad. I think that reeks of hypocrisy and dishonesty.
I don't care if anyone plays video games but trying to pat yourself on the back for it is ridiculous.
