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The TV industry finally concedes that the future may not be in 8K (arstechnica.com)
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[+] -8 points 9 months ago* (14 children)

Are you aware that reducing the energy consumption on monitors is competely irrelevant compared to the giant data centers coming up now, taking as much as power as a full city?

One typical AI data center ≈ 1 TWh/year ≈ the electricity used by 100 000 average homes annually.

A very large AI data center under construction ≈ 20 TWh/year ≈ electricity for ~2 million homes annually.

Fun times isnt it.

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    I personally do reject that kind of thinking.

    "But others are worse" reminds me of the kindergarten..

    EU has introduced energy efficiency levels for monitors based on the potential and we are far from the goal.

    I can't tear down AI data centers, but I can choose to buy a monitor that does not heat up my living room and leads to a nicer electricity bill for me.

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  • [–] 36 points 9 months ago (7 children)

    You can care about more than one thing

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  • [+] -7 points 9 months ago (5 children)

    Yes, sort of like if your kitchen is on fire but you also need to vacuum the living room. You should definitely focus on finishing the vacuuming before addressing the fire, because, you know, you can care about more than one thing.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    Try to keep up with me here: what if you could put out the fire and vacuum at the same time?

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  • [+] -6 points 9 months ago

    Of course, buy monitors that use a bit less energy. That will give you probably 1 dollar per year in savings, and you can spend that on something nicer. A cup of coffee maybe.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    By that logic, I should go out and just start a murder spree, because people die anyway so whats the point.

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  • [–] 0 points 9 months ago

    I'm reminded of this type of absurdity every time my Creative T40 speakers auto-shut off after a few minutes of inactivity, and take 4 seconds to wake up again. Yes, that entire millijoule of (entirely renewable) electrical energy is making a huge difference.

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