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ancianita

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

Tue Sep 24, 2024, 07:41 AM

Sep 2024

I'd point out that one reason restoring reactors is trending is to power AI development.
It's a "gift" that has done good and can restore cleaner energy at scale, but it's also being converted to corporate AI use. Any benefit humans get seems more like a consolation prize.
These guys need to think beyond consumer/national good, and much more toward worldwide unintended consequences of AI to humanity's future.
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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