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Subject: Re: Lunduke's video on this latest issue
Date: 29 Sep 2024 19:09:02 GMT
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2024 17:54:17 -0000 (UTC), RonB wrote:

> I have absolutely NO desire to have anything AI anywhere near my
> computer. I just read today that AI server farms each require more
> electricity than whole cities. So much for the "green revolution."
> Wonder why the Climate Screechers aren't screeching up a storm about
> this?

No problem.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/20/nx-s1-5120581/three-mile-island-nuclear-
power-plant-microsoft-ai

https://www.gatesnotes.com/Wyoming-TerraPower-groundbreaking

Dismantling plants like Maine Yankee may have been shortsighted. Like 
Seabrook it assumed increased energy usage that never came and was not 
competitive with cheap hydro from Quebec. Now data centers, particularly 
for AI, are near infinite energy sinks.