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Re:In a first, Google has released data on how much energy a... by add-sub-mul-div on Thursday August 21, 2025 @10:46AM (#44973459)
Right, and the scraping, the extra storage required, the manufacture of all the extra GPUs, etc. This is them hoping people don't understand that the query is only one part of it and aren't curious enough to ask further questions.
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Re:In a first, Google has released data on how much energy a... by xnx on Thursday August 21, 2025 @11:11AM (#44973783)
It's rare to see this type of calculation anywhere, though I wish it weren't.

A miles per gallon number for a car doesn't count the diesel that went into the equipment to mine the ore to make the steel for the chassis, etc.

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