I was going to write a more critical post about how PoW cryptocurrencies and AI are probably better targets to go after than Javascript execution on the edge. Upon further reflection, though, this might actually be a good idea.

1. This is about demand response (using less power during times of peak fossil fuel demand), while AI and crypto mostly affect base load.

2. Crypto and AI operators make too much money from their depreciating hardware to consider implementing demand response, but website operators would probably care less about externalizing the inconvenience of their demand response to their users and taking credit for the environmental win.

The only question left is "if you divide power usage from unnecessary JS execution by the difference between base and peak demand, is that ratio significant enough to warrant the extra SWE and infrastructure overhead?" To me, this feels like the kind of question to answer before even embarking on developing this kind of standard, so I'm sure the GAW AG can point me to an estimate of the total addressable impact. Right? Right?