[pfdietz]

I want you to consider how much energy would be needed to bring the rest of the world up to a US, or even European, standard of living. This would utterly dwarf energy going into LLMs.

You seem to have this silly idea that LLMs are consuming huge amounts of energy.

[ok_dad]

The USA wastes so much power! I’m saying we need to use less and bring everyone up to THAT standard, but today every bit of energy added is going to be used for useless bullshit.

You’re simply avoiding my main point, where additional power isn’t going towards helping under developed countries, by trying to appeal to how great the poor downtrodden masses have it without power.

Why aren’t we building renewable power plants in rural poor areas all over the world if that’s the goal? Because it ISN’T; the wealthy capitalists simply want to expend energy and build new plants near developed areas to make themselves wealthier!

[pfdietz]

I'm pointing out that a plan to greatly limit world energy consumption is necessarily horrible, since it condemns most of the world to energy poverty.

You seem to be evading this simple mathematical point.

Renewables are being installed widely around the world. This is how much of the world will be lifted out of energy poverty.

I think some of the opposition to the idea of a renewable powered world comes from some of those who realize, at some level, that this relatively disadvantages the higher latitude white countries.