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The post Xitter web has spawned soo many “esoteric” right wing freaks, but there’s no appropriate sneer-space for them. I’m talking redscare-ish, reality challenged “culture critics” who write about everything but understand nothing. I’m talking about reply-guys who make the same 6 tweets about the same 3 subjects. They’re inescapable at this point, yet I don’t see them mocked (as much as they should be)
Like, there was one dude a while back who insisted that women couldn’t be surgeons because they didn’t believe in the moon or in stars? I think each and every one of these guys is uniquely fucked up and if I can’t escape them, I would love to sneer at them.
(Credit and/or blame to David Gerard for starting this. Happy Halloween, fellow sneerers!)
New Data Centers in the US Set to Wipe Out 15 Years of Greenhouse Gas Reductions
Somewhat misleading title, as they are referring to pollution reduction efforts solely in the US, not worldwide.
Unpaywalled version of the Bloomberg article here: https://archive.li/9Ts5f
This is only if all the planned data centre buildouts go ahead, mind you
That appears to assume that all the ridiculous datacenter numbers put out by all the various hyperscalers that are not actually going to happen, happen, and get power sources built on time.
Doing a little of my own math:
Article says the US will emit 2.1 billion metric tons of carbon by 2030.
Using a metric tons to gigatons conversion gives us 2.1 gigatons.
Using this as a reference, these projected AI emissions shouldn’t even come close to scratching the global average