Musk’s fossil data centres are undoing Tesla’s climate benefit

https://slrpnk.net/post/34800603

Musk’s fossil data centres are undoing Tesla’s climate benefit - SLRPNK

Lemmy

Are we still pretending strip-mining lithium and powering cars with coal-boiled steam to turn generators to transmit electricity (of which at least 30% is lost as heat) is environmentally friendly?

Electric vehicles overall are environmentally friendly. They aren’t perfect and have some costs but they are overall a step in the right direction.

Good (though long) overview of the benefits of electric vehicles and renewable energy here: youtu.be/KtQ9nt2ZeGM

You are being misled about renewable energy technology.

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Sure, agree, but definitely not enough, and this AI nonsense really does encourage more dirty generation at the source. It is all just very bleak.