Fad or relevant?
Marketing bullshit that appeals to some low-information, vibes-based liberals.
Greenwashing for profit.
Greenwashing, can’t believe this even is a question
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.
Meaningless bread and circus created by capitalist elites to delude people into thinking we are more responsible than them for pollution. Wonder why these BS certifications do not get created outside of West… something something manufacturing consent media literacy
For all the comments that say “the real problem is…”: this is crisis and working on all emission sources contributes to a solution not just the biggest emitters.
Everything we online has an impact in the real world and there’s some value in reminding people that. And yes, some sites could be causing a lot emissions than others.
Some are powered by solar, others by coal.
ARM chips are more energy efficient than x86 and so on.
We can have a real impact by focusing hard enough on 0.00001% of the problem!
Oh wait, no, we can’t.
HTTP, serving properly tagged semantic HTML file, with optional styling via CSS, and if you really want JavaScript for animations and live updates.
Thank you.
I’ve never seen an example of “properly tagged semantic HTML” or truly optional CSS outside of toy examples meant to illustrate the concept.
But it doesn’t matter, because serving website content is an utterly insignificant to contributor to global warming.
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.
I like the energy star because if you skip past the marketing and look at the label it tells you how many watts the device uses. Super useful!
Exactly. It also gives you an annual estimate of the electric costs. I have no idea how accurate it is, but since they all use the same rating, I can at least compare on the fly if I am so inclined.
