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How Much Energy Does It Take to Power Billions of AI Queries? (spectrum.ieee.org)
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All generative AI queries could hit 329 billion per day by 2030. See the big picture on AI's energy use, and how it's reshaping our world.

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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 14 points 1 day ago

Datacentres powered by coal are bad. Cruise ships are worse.

Coal Vs Marine fuel. You've picked the kings of pollution.

Coal is worse for CO2. The free carbon it releases binds with oxygen in the atmosphere to produce more CO2 mass than the coal itself. It's crazy how much CO2 it generates.

Heavy fuel oil / bunker oil / marine fuel is cheap ass shit that contains masses of pollutants. So whilst it won't generate as much CO2, it will create a load of other stuff including Sulphur Dioxide. That creates acid rain.

Here's an idea. Let's do neither of them.