Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem
by badc0ffee on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @03:37PM
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That is true of gas stoves, but gas furnaces don't exhaust into the house.
Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem
by kube-system on Wednesday December 31, 2025 @04:55PM
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Lower efficiency gas furnaces don’t have a completely sealed exhaust and rely on a draft for pollutant evacuation. This usually works good enough when properly installed and maintained but can be a source of indoor air pollution. Although typically minimal.
And there are also decorative and/or supplemental gas heating devices which exhaust into the home.
Re:AI Labs Are Solving the Power Problem
by skywhopper on Thursday January 01, 2026 @02:10PM
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But gas turbines do vent to their neighbors’ air, which is the main point here.
Large gas plants are probably relatively clean overall, but the temporary, portable gas generators used by eg the xAI datacenter are not as tightly regulated and aren’t inspected or controlled in the same way. Given the particular corporate agent involved, I’d be surprised if any care at all were being taken to minimize air pollution caused by these portable generators.