Simon WillisonOct 18, 2024

The environmental comparison I'd be interested in seeing is between a year of heavy personal usage of LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini etc) compared to the CO2 emissions from a single passenger flight

Can I do my own personal carbon offsetting by skipping one trip a year?

Does that question even make sense?

Show threadScott 🏴😷Oct 18, 2024
@simon ecological damage in one area doesn't undo it in another. You shouldn't do either thing.
Show threadSimon WillisonOct 18, 2024
@scott the problem I have with that model is that, taken to its logical conclusion, I shouldn't travel by car or bus or train, or purchase manufactured goods, or turn on the heating, or - you know - live
Show threadSimon WillisonOct 18, 2024
@scott if I'm going to do stuff that emits carbon I need to have some kind of framework for deciding what things I do and what things I don't
Show threadGasper Zejn

@simon @scott
1. Avoid visiting gas stations.
2. Travel slow and near.
3. Avoid food from ruminants.
4. Repair.

Does this make sense?

Oct 18, 2024 at 9:12pmWeb