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>>perfun+(OP)
One of the quotes seems to imply Amazon should not let oil and gas companies use their cloud services. Having these companies use less efficient alternatives would seem to be a net loss for society. I don’t think there is a positive upside because the change in cost would not be large enough to change output.

>>benmmu+83
I don't know how extensive the infrastructure of big oil is and how interwoven with AWS, but you are probably correct.

That aside, the whole business of Amazon is dependent on oil. Logistics, packaging, ...

Maybe it is wrong not to protest, but it just feels... off.

>>raxxor+e7
I would say that AWS infrastructure is a fart in the wind as far as the fossil fuel industry goes given they seem to have done just fine for most of their history without it.

AWS is really only good for projects where the importance of the compute is not quite enough to justify setting up your own infrastructure, but important enough to be willing to throw money at to make the location part of your system go away by throwing more OPS people at it.