MrMakabar@slrpnk.netM to Degrowth@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 months agoFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should go all in on building AI data centers because 'we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway'www.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up1174arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todayclimate@slrpnk.netnews@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1170arrow-down1external-linkFormer Google CEO Eric Schmidt says we should go all in on building AI data centers because 'we are never going to meet our climate goals anyway'www.businessinsider.comMrMakabar@slrpnk.netM to Degrowth@slrpnk.netEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: futurology@futurology.todayclimate@slrpnk.netnews@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squaresolsangraal@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down2·6 months ago Solar panels, trains, wind turbines, bicycles and so forth all have to be made and they usually turn a profit that may be true, but who owns all the lawmakers? spoiler alert: it’s not the damn bicycle companies
minus-squareMrMakabar@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·6 months agoThat is why renewables replacing fossil fuels is so important. As soon as an industry looses its profit margin, it starts to loose political power as well.
that may be true, but who owns all the lawmakers?
spoiler alert: it’s not the damn bicycle companies
That is why renewables replacing fossil fuels is so important. As soon as an industry looses its profit margin, it starts to loose political power as well.