Subj : Re: Forget a hosepipe ban
To   : RUG RAT
From : Mike Powell
Date : Mon Aug 18 2025 10:19:45

>  Technically speaking, in a closed loop cooling system, there should be minima
> waterloss, except for the possibility of increased evaporation due to artifica
> heating of your cooling ponds.

>  Increased energy usage for cloud and AI BAD!
>  Increased energy usage by forcing everyone to adopt Electric Vehicles GOOD.

> Sounds to me like the old adage , "If you think the problem's bad now. Wait'l
> we solve it!"

I get what you are saying there, except governments and at least some folks
who are pushing electric vehicles are also pushing AI.  I suspect that they
want to blame "cloud" to free up more energy and IT resources for AI.

So it is "cloud (and general comsumer use) of energy BAD!"
"AI and electric vehicles GOOD!"   :D

I don't see how something sitting on a storage device is using up near as
much energy as a CPU-intensive AI process.

With the way big tech is pushing AI I unfortunately expect to be living in
some bad sci-fi story before I shuffle off of this rock.

Mike


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