States should rescind their green electricity mandates or expect to be left out of the artificial intelligence revolution.
Category: Artificial Intelligence
Pope Leo’s First Encyclical is a Warning about Artificial Intelligence
Has the Climate Crisis been downgraded in the wake of the RCP 8.5 cancellation?
United Nations Resolution Demands the USA Pay Everyone Elses Climate Damage Claims
They didn’t actually say “USA”, but we all know what they meant.
The US AI Rebellion is Gaining Momentum
Data centers driving up energy costs and fear of job losses have become major public concerns.
Forget Climate Activism, the Guardian is Now Pushing AI Activism
But history has a hard lesson for those who ban or restrict economically important technologies.
Claim: AI Laws Overlook Environmental Damage
Southampton Lecturer in Law Louise Du Toit is concerned that even EU regulators seem to be overlooking the AI Environmental Crisis.
Climate Activist Despair: “Where’s the pushback?” Against President Trump
“… climate deniers have been privately celebrating what they claim is the “silent” acquiescence of billionaires, Democrats, climate activists and even reporters …”
Mass Protests Planned Over AI “putting the UK’s climate targets at risk”
More Climate activists evolving into AI activists.
Can “The Silent Majority” and Media Intervention Drag Climate Action Back onto the Global Agenda?
Although media interest in climate change is crashing, apparently lots of people still want governments to act.
Bloomberg Net Zero Obituary: “Even at the peak of its popularity, net zero looked far-fetched”
Bloomberg was until recently Net Zero’s chief champion. But now it was always obvious that Net Zero ambitions were not grounded in reality.
United Nations Launches New IPCC for Artificial Intelligence, Bernie Sanders Issues Dire Warnings
Out with the old scare, in with the new.
Sabine Hossenfelder: Climate Action is Like Preventative Cancer Surgery
Sabine Hossenfelder is a high profile science influencer. I’m a fan – except for her misconceptions about climate change.
FOE Accuses Big Tech of Lying about the Climate Benefits of AI
But who is the real target audience of big tech climate propaganda?
Claim: AI and Air Conditioning are Threatening Renewable Energy Dominance
“… Achieving a genuine and sustained global-scale energy transition … requires greater emphasis on reducing energy demand …”
Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapur: Powering Data Centers with Renewables is “Against Physics”
“Even after 3 or 5 years more innovation?” “It’s against physics”.
Guardian: Fossil Fuel Generators Powering the “Unbelievable” AI Boom are Still “Stranded Assets”
Fumbling the narrative: “if there’s a huge source of energy demand that wants to grow, it will land on these stranded fossil fuel assets.”
Trump Shook Up Energy Policy In 2025. Disaster Could Still Strike In 2026
Though the second Trump administration has pivoted from the Biden administration’s aggressive and climate-centric policies, Americans could still face a year of rising electricity costs and potential energy bottlenecks in…
CFACT comments on using AI to understand big bodies of research
The singular ability of language and reasoning models to analyze huge bodies of technical information opens up new ways to understand and advance research.
Could the AI Dash for Gas Energy Boom Actually Be an Underestimate?
Researchers have discovered trying to make AI reason like humans leads to between a 30x to 700x rise in energy consumption.
Aussie Climate Scientists Demand Their Own Energy Guzzling Supercomputer
… making good decisions about Australia’s future requires us to be self-sufficient …