@neauoire
There is indirection though, isn't there? Often we solve problems by paying money to someone else, and a lot of people (most I guess) use compute to do the work to earn that money. That creates additional constraints which might lead to a higher use of compute than in the direct case.
I am just thinking aloud here about the implications of the premise. Of course it could be that it is simply impossible to adhere to pmc tenets unless the org/corp you work for does.