We did the math on AI's energy footprint. Here's the story you haven't heard.

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9. It's two-fold: it's keeping the latest tech bubble inflated while protecting obsolete power generation & FF companies

The louder the Wall Street hype machine honks, and the louder the endless "demand" for more more more server farms, the more inevitable the "need" for more NG power plants, and to take coal plants out of mothballs.

It's a great way to make latest, greatest scam a matter of "national security" while simultaneously protecting utility and energy companies from having to change a thing.

It also allows Shitstain and company an additional weapon with which to smother any potential moves towards cutting carbon emissions and dealing with climate collapse - the "Gotta Beat China" shield.