alt Hacker NewsThat's an interesting question. What if we did care? Is this amp from burning dinosaurs or from the sun or from fission? What if we could tag power as coming from oil vs renewables? how would that affect our habits?
That's an interesting question. What if we did care? Is this amp from burning dinosaurs or from the sun or from fission? What if we could tag power as coming from oil vs renewables? how would that affect our habits?
We care indirectly through cost. Hydroelectric, solar, or wind power are often among the cheapest electricity sources, for example. Beyond that, no we don't care. That's why if people want change we leverage policy on cost, via subsidies, surcharges, taxes, tariffs, what have you.
To a consumer, an amp remains an amp — so they get the cheap one.