Quoting Aigars Mahinovs (2026-08-20 13:03:24) > Zero is not a drop. Zero is zero. Zero times a hundred million is still > zero. > > And if we start talking in far off hypotheticals - buildout of green power > AI datacenters can be even argued to be *good* for climate as their demand > accelerates buildout of the green grid and they also push the non-green > datacenters out of the market.
Yes, all else equal. But all else is not equal, and there is zero (pun intended) indication that accelerating buildout of *whatever* energy grid leads to less energy consumption. For a comparable complexity, see the attempt at solving road traffic slowdown by widening the roads, which instead lead to more traffic: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braess%27s_paradox - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist & Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ * Sponsorship: https://ko-fi.com/drjones [x] quote me freely [ ] ask before reusing [ ] keep private
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