Comment on AI boom has caused same CO2 emissions in 2025 as New York City, report claims
crossover@lemmy.world 3 days agoYou could close down all the AI data centres, all the crypto mining farms, all the private jets, and eliminate all the billionaires…and it would be a rounding error in global greenhouse emissions.
The vast majority of emissions come from the fact that 8 billion people exist and need food, transport, heating, and vast industries to support their lifestyles.
The focus should be on building renewable energy grids to support whatever we want to run. This ragebaiting at forks of energy use consisted immortal is just a distraction.
sefra1@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Why not both?