You are altogether externalizing the cost of carbon dioxide emissions that humanity has to pay for. The resulting global warming is not a joke. The heat problem cumulatively is bigger on Earth than it would be in space.

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xnx 3 hours ago | parent [-]

Cost = emmissions

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DoctorOetker 3 hours ago | parent [-]

No, cost is not directly proportional to emissions.

Heat emission in space is not problematic for humans

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xnx 2 hours ago | parent [-]

Are you counting the emissions to get the datacenters into space?

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OutOfHere 2 hours ago | parent [-]

That's an environmental and financial cost, but it's a one time cost. For datacenters on Earth, the emissions are continuous.

	▲	fulafel 20 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Are there going to be self sustaining server factories in space? The hw needs updating every few years.