Follow the Minerals: Why the US is Threatened by Venezuela's 'Blue Gold' - Venezuelanalysis

US PRESIDENT Obama generated international outcry after imposing further sanctions on Venezuela in March and claiming that Venezuela poses an “unusual and extraordinary threat” to US security. President Maduro of Venezuela fired back at Obama, saying the sanctions and executive order are an attempt to use force to control the country.     One forthright response...

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Public water should not be put up for sale, ever. I'm not confident about this coalition because words are important - their words sound like they are OK negotiating sales of public water - it sounds like covert greenwashing. We need degrowth of ecocide industries & watershed protection for ecological, environmental & human rights purposes - above all other purposes.
Commodifying public water is not in the best interests of the public.

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> “Most people are not aware of the resource usage underlying ChatGPT,” Ren said. “If you’re not aware of the resource usage, then there’s no way that we can help conserve the resources.”
> Google reported a 20% growth in water use in the same period, which Ren also largely attributes to its AI work.

https://fortune.com/2023/09/09/ai-chatgpt-usage-fuels-spike-in-microsoft-water-consumption/

#ChatGPT #AISalami #WaterWaste #WaterConsumption #GoogleWater #MSWater #BlueGold #FlowForLoveOfWater #MaudeBarlowe

A.I. tools fueled a 34% spike in Microsoft’s water consumption, and one city with its data centers is concerned about the effect on residential supply

“They were pretty secretive on what they’re doing out there,” says a former mayor about Microsoft’s data center projects.

Fortune