Comment on Whether you use AI, think it's a "fun stupid thing for memes", or even ignore it, you should know it's already polluting worse than global air travel.

ayyy@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I imagine people making that claim accept air travel as useful and “AI”, really, all datacenters as not useful. I’ve had people tell me oh, air travel is more efficient per mile that road travel. But this ignores that people wouldn’t drive thousands of miles if it was not as easy as booking a flight.

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• MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  300,000 liters of jet fuel to send one 747 across the Atlantic Ocean - one time.

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  • KeenFlame@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    For modern planes 70 - 90k liter… it’s bad enough, no need to exaggerate

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    • MangoCats@feddit.it ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As of July 2025, approximately 424 Boeing 747 aircraft are in active airline service

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      • KeenFlame@feddit.nu ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        …and I take it they burn three hundred thousand litres to run the Atlantic as well?

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Or a LLM query?

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