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tante Jun 28, 2025

Google's emissions are up over 50%, Amazon builds huge data centers powered by 75% natural gas.

Remember all those posts telling us that "AIs climate impact isn't that bad" supported by some really funky math/perspective and/or numbers Sam Altman invented?

Here's the actual impact.

"AI" is a fossil fuel technology.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/technology/amazon-ai-data-centers.html?unlocked_article_code=1.SU8.2JRa.e3Ju6r_pL1Im

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jun/27/google-emissions-ai-electricity-demand-derail-efforts-green

At Amazon’s Biggest Data Center, Everything Is Supersized for A.I.

On 1,200 acres of cornfield in Indiana, Amazon is building one of the largest computers ever for work with Anthropic, an artificial intelligence start-up.

The New York Times

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Nicole Parsons Jun 28, 2025

@tante

When the Saudis are throwing $100 billion at products no one wants... AI, cryptocurrency, state surveillance
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/05/13/trump-tech-execs-riyadh/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-06/saudis-plan-100-billion-ai-powerhouse-to-rival-uae-s-tech-hub

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/power-switch/2025/05/13/trump-crypto-energy-glued-at-the-hip-00345879

https://thebulletin.org/2025/06/trumps-ai-gamble-in-the-gulf-doesnt-put-america-first/

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-04-15/ai-to-prop-up-fossil-fuels-and-slow-emissions-decline-bnef-says

Tech oligarchs got that flood of investment by promising that fossil fuels would never be phased out, no matter the urgency.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/04/22/ai-energy-demand-can-keep-fossil-fuels-alive-tech-backers-promise-worlds-two-biggest-oil-producers/

https://www.404media.co/a-black-hole-of-energy-use-metas-massive-ai-data-center-is-stressing-out-a-louisiana-community/

https://www.desmog.com/2022/03/31/exxon-conocophillips-bitcoin-mining-flare-gas-cryptocurrency-climate-change/

Why these tech titans joined Trump in Saudi Arabia

A cavalcade of tech leaders was on hand in the Saudi capital for an investment summit presided over by President Trump and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

The Washington Post

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@Npars01 @tante I remember seeing an interview with Thiel where he was actually arguing we should burn fossil fuels as fast as possible. The oligarchs are out-of-touch idiots that are destroying civilization with their vice and incompetence.