A company operates a web API that runs continuously and processes thousands of requests per second. The service is currently written in Python. A team proposes rewriting it in Go. A separate team proposes keeping Python but moving 60% of the workload to a cloud region with lower carbon intensity. Which statement best characterises the trade-off between these two approaches?

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The Go rewrite reduces total energy consumed; the region move reduces the carbon per unit of energy consumed. Both are valid strategies addressing different factors in the emissions equation.

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Both approaches produce the same emissions reduction because energy and carbon intensity are proportional

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The Go rewrite is always superior because it reduces energy at the source

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The region move is always superior because it addresses emissions directly

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