Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI?

Re:Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI? by pj_mukh on Saturday June 06, 2026 @07:31AM (#48423885)

You think we’ve built that many data centers next to coal fired power plants that the emissions have gotten anywhere close to the emissions of all the iron smelters and the billions of people that commute in gas cars?

We could triple the data centers since 2023 and run them all on coal or natural gas and then maybe they’d even show up as a significant slice on these pie charts.

Our bubbles have blinded us to the scale of the real problem.

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Re:Ask HN: Why is the HN crowd so anti-AI? by mikodin on Saturday June 06, 2026 @03:11PM (#48427971)

I'm curious what part of the charts would data centers fall under?

I'm assuming it would be under the Energy emissions category, but I didn't find anything particular around data centers or "technology" or "internet" or something like that.

Would it fall under "Electricity and heat"? Or just general "Buildings"? or "Commercial buildings"? Or am I way off base?

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