AI, Energy: A single Nvidia GPU will use as much power as a home
Am concerned about the accuracy of this forecast – that’s a lot of energy to consume, and heat to dispose of, in a single slice on a data center rack.…
Climate: Must limit all to 2 round trip flights in their entire life
"41% of French people in favour of the proposal of a quota of 4 flights per person in a lifetime".
Energy: US Sec of Energy blocks EV charger access with a gas vehicle
The U.S. Sec.of Energy sets off on a multi-state EV car trip to demo EV utility-but has staff block an EV charger with a gas car so she'll be able…
Climate: We must eliminate all cars – including EVs
Activists say EVs are climate greenwashing; we must destroy all cars. So they set a bunch of other people's Teslas on fire.
Climate: Bloomberg wants 40% of all US electrical generation plants shut down by 2030
The money would be spent on activism, public relations and lawsuits; none would be spent to generate electricity.
Climate: We need a WW2 level mobilization to save humanity
The Climate Mobilization’s mission is to initiate a WWII-scale mobilization to protect humanity and the natural world from climate catastrophe. We are dedicated to living in and spreading climate truth.…
Climate: “83 percent of home shoppers consider climate risk”
Wild - the average duration of home ownership is 16 years. Most people move around a bit.
Climate, Science: Journal editor bias enforces preferred narratives, says scientist
Climate scientist says he focused on climate, only, as a factor in wildfires, because to bring up the many other causes would result in not being published.
Climate: We need carbon taxes, congestion charges and eliminate all polluting vehicles
The co-authors said that this distrust in climate science is one of the challenges to the successful implementation of climate action policies, such as climate change taxes (carbon taxes), congestion…
Climate: We must ban meat
There are news stories like this, saying we must ban meat, and news stories saying no one is suggesting a ban on meat. Which is it?
Crypto: Essentially all NFTs are now worthless
NFTs were always a ridiculous idea. Now almost all NFTs are worthless.
EVs: Too few charging stations across much of the U.S.
While coastal states are well along in EV charging infrastructure, much of the middle of the country has very few yet.
Aviation: Dutch government to limit Schiphol flights to 10% less than 2019
Saying it is about noise abatement first, climate change second, the Dutch government will, starting in 2024, limit the total number of flights to about 10% less than in 2019.…
Climate: We need “climate rationing”, says another writer
Socialist writer argues we need "climate rationing", and "rationing...has a rich and positive history".
Food, climate: Americans lose interest in vegetarianism
Interest was never high, surprisingly: https://read.chartr.co/newsletters/2023/9/3/vegging-out 84% of those who were eating vegetarian eventually give up and return to eating meat. The above does not bode well for Beyond Meat…