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Re:AI Is Shattering Hope of a Net Zero Future [video] by seattleeng on Friday December 27, 2024 @01:41PM (#42524756)
Yes, the climate boogeyman shows up as a common anti-tech trope since most people don’t look into the breakdown of emissions. Basically everything in direct consumer control pales in comparison to transit (car/truck/boat/plane).

Speed and scale has a good breakdown: https://speedandscale.com/tracker/

Plus most new AI datacenters are trying to go pure nuclear wherever possible

Re:AI Is Shattering Hope of a Net Zero Future [video] by jeffbee on Friday December 27, 2024 @03:04PM (#42525544)
I don't think there is any sensible way to defend that last sentence, unless stretching the definition of "trying" to its limit.