silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 21 days agoU.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surgedwww.nytimes.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1external-linkU.S. Efforts to Cut Emissions Stalled in 2024 as Power Demand Surgedwww.nytimes.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square4fedilink
minus-squaredragontamer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoPower demand is surging because of “AI”.
minus-squaredragontamer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·21 days agoBitcoin miners aren’t buying nuclear reactors. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/26/1104516/three-mile-island-microsoft/ AI is another order of magnitude more electrical usage than even the BTC bullshit.
minus-squaresupersquirrel@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·19 days agolol holy shit I think the only company I would trust less with the responsibility of owning a nuclear reactor is boeing and I am not even sure on that one
Power demand is surging because of “AI”.
That and bitcoin mining
Bitcoin miners aren’t buying nuclear reactors. https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/09/26/1104516/three-mile-island-microsoft/
AI is another order of magnitude more electrical usage than even the BTC bullshit.
lol holy shit I think the only company I would trust less with the responsibility of owning a nuclear reactor is boeing and I am not even sure on that one