Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3年前Microsoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactorsfuturism.comexternal-linkmessage-square419fedilinkarrow-up11.16Kcross-posted to: tech@kbin.social
arrow-up11.16Kexternal-linkMicrosoft Needs So Much Power to Train AI That It's Considering Small Nuclear Reactorsfuturism.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3年前message-square419fedilinkcross-posted to: tech@kbin.social
minus-squareOmega_Haxors@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3年前This is what corporations mean when they say “reduce carbon emissions”
minus-squareOmega_Haxors@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3年前It is, because corporate greenwashing will tell you that they reduced their emissions when all they did was scale up production using green energy. Their actual emissions didn’t go down they just went down relative to their growth.
minus-squareqaz@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3年前I thought this was a generic nuclear bad response, but in that case I definitely agree.
This is what corporations mean when they say “reduce carbon emissions”
You say that like it’s a bad thing
It is, because corporate greenwashing will tell you that they reduced their emissions when all they did was scale up production using green energy. Their actual emissions didn’t go down they just went down relative to their growth.
I thought this was a generic nuclear bad response, but in that case I definitely agree.