In a study published on Monday by the peer-reviewed journal Patterns, data scientist Alex de Vries-Gao estimated the carbon emissions from electricity used by AI at between 33 million and 80 million metric tons.
That higher figure would put it above last year’s totals for Chile (78m tons), Czechia (78m tons), Romania (71m tons), and New York City (48m tons, including both CO2 and other greenhouse gases).
No they fucking wont.
Did cigarette companies ever sponsor health initiatives to keep their customers from dying off? Do oil companies do anything to improve the environment? Do large companies polluting waterways do anything to clean them?
What a ridiculous idea.
Calm down, buddy. Exxon’s website tells us that they are trying to “achieve [their] 2030 emission-intensity reduction plans.” You see, they are so keen to help the planet, they made up their own plans and will try to respect them. If that’s not improving our environment, you’re lost my dude 😎.
The companies need clean water, thus they need to make clean water if they run out.
They don’t need DRINKABLE water.
Has to be free of contaminants else it can mess up the components. Typically it would be distilled water which would meet that criteria, no?