▲ 874 ▼ The Pollution Being Churned Out by AI Data Centers Is So Severe That It's Almost Incomprehensible (futurism.com) submitted 2 months ago by inari@piefed.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world 159 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] magnue@lemmy.world -4 points 2 months ago (3 children) What happens at night? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) You're being sarcastic, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] magnue@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago Sure if you like permalink fedilink source parent [–] Sandbar_Trekker@piefed.zip 1 point 2 months ago There are a few ways to store excess energy generated during the day. Usually batteries are the obvious answer. One of the great things about batteries is that the metal used in them is recyclable and can be repurposed to make new batteries. So, at some point, we'll barely need to be mining the metals used in those. Compare that to petroleum products which, if not for green energy, would always needs to be extracting more and more to be able to satisfy an increasing demand of energy. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 child) You're being sarcastic, right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] magnue@lemmy.world 0 points 2 months ago Sure if you like permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Sandbar_Trekker@piefed.zip 1 point 2 months ago There are a few ways to store excess energy generated during the day. Usually batteries are the obvious answer. One of the great things about batteries is that the metal used in them is recyclable and can be repurposed to make new batteries. So, at some point, we'll barely need to be mining the metals used in those. Compare that to petroleum products which, if not for green energy, would always needs to be extracting more and more to be able to satisfy an increasing demand of energy. permalink fedilink source parent