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	by hparadiz 82 days ago
	I promise you I spent more energy air conditioning my house this month than the collective energy of all my prompts over the past year to date while refinaries are being blown up in multiple countries right now. It's a silly argument. The hardware coming out now is 10x faster while using the same amount of energy as a regular desktop while I'm gaming. I legit can't take this "please think of the environment" argument seriously. The math ain't mathing.

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Neither are yours.

Any talk of new AI datacenters is peppered with its humongous energy needs. A cursory internet search can point to that: https://www.iea.org/reports/energy-and-ai/energy-supply-for-...

> Global electricity generation to supply data centres is projected to grow from 460 TWh in 2024 to over 1 000 TWh in 2030

Just to be clear, 540TWh is the yearly energy consumption of developed industrialized countries. It would sit in between Germany and Canada as of today: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_electrici...

I offered data. You offered vibes.

"Math ain't mathing". The nerve of these pricks.

I'm quoting directly measured usage and you are making shit up from Wikipedia.

The first link I posted is from IEA directly.

The Wikipedia link I posted is not "me making shit up". That page is sourced from https://ember-energy.org/data/yearly-electricity-data/

You, on the other hand, provided no sources. You claim to be quoting directly measured usage. But, unlike me, you provided no sources.

It is clear who is the one making shit up here.

I've used less electricity on AI this entire year than you've spent on VRChat. Maybe worry about yourself.

Then you need to have generated electricity somehow. I've never used VRChat.

Just one more thing you were wrong about. Not that it matters, you being wrong, seemingly, is something that occurs very frequently.

> Then you need to have generated electricity somehow.

So where's your 12KW solar array?