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Environment & Energy

Aussie105

(7,102 posts)

1. And then the gas runs out . . .

Reply to usonian (Original post)

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 03:21 AM

Sep 2024

and the lights go out, and the AI factories shut down, and your AC stops working, and people will drop like flies . . .

And the lament will be . . . why didn't AI warn us about this?

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AI is eating the planet. Enormous electrical and cooling demands. [View all] usonian Sep 2024 OP

And then the gas runs out . . . Aussie105 Sep 2024 #1

A comment on the Sierra Club "data." NNadir Sep 2024 #2

Thanks for the history. ancianita Sep 2024 #3

I have been fairly prolific here detailing the material and thermodynamic costs of batteries. They are not... NNadir Sep 2024 #4

Thank you for this. To one of your points, we are paying the price for compute power, and killing ourselves, indeed. ancianita Sep 2024 #5

To my mind, restoring old reactors and building new ones is connected with the unintended consequences of fossil fuels. NNadir Sep 2024 #6

Thank you for all the information, your energy outlook, and your wise words. ancianita Sep 2024 #7