Mastodawn

“Asking an AI chatbot a question consumes a great deal more energy than finding the answer via simple web search or calculator. It adds extra demand for no good reason... a bit like driving to the shops in an SUV instead of riding your bike.”

Or driving any kind of car. AI, like cars, aims to reconfigure everyday life in a way that’s vastly more energy-hungry and polluting… and profitable for a few.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/13/ai-datacentres-environmental-impacts

The environmental cost of datacentres is rising. Is it time to quit AI?

As the QuitGPT movement gains momentum, should people concerned about the environmental impacts of AI consider opting out?

The Guardian

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Scale Theory 5d ago

@scott "Green by design: How solar energy is shaping the future of data centers"

https://ratedpower.com/blog/solar-energy-data-centers/

Green by design: How solar energy is shaping the future of data centers

Find out how and why data centers are turning to cost-effective renewable sources like solar power to use cleaner energy and reduce their environmental impact.

RatedPower

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scott f

@SCALETHEORY https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenwashing

Greenwashing - Wikipedia

You object?

It's real, not what you think.

Use our brains to do the right thing not be idiots as we have been.

"Farm in the Netherlands uses Bitcoin mining to keep stable temperatures inside the greenhouse"

"while being powered by solar panels on the roof"

Why is bitcoin mining any dif than AI?

https://www.reddit.com/r/Damnthatsinteresting/comments/1rw8mtk/farm_in_the_netherlands_uses_bitcoin_mining_to/