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[Article] New AI Data Center Is So Huge That It'll Generate the Heat of 23 Atomic Bombs Every Single Day (futurism.com)
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A proposed data center in northwestern Alberta could generate dozens of atomic bombs worth of heat every day.

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[–] 32 points 1 week ago (2 children)

guys remember to use those paper straws that dissolve mid drink, we all have to do whatever we can to fight climate change

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Those have a completely different reason, not climate change. Single use plastics keep finding their way into our oceans.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 week ago

    Technically, they're made of fossil oil, part of the Big Oil sector. Plastics are their fallback.

    More technically, plastics sinking to the bottom of oceans or buried underground are actually a carbon sink. Plastics will emit GHGs like carbon dioxide and methane if they degrade. So we really need to stop using straws entirely.

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