• Virkkunen@fedia.io
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    2 months ago

    Don’t worry folks, if we all stop using plastic straws and take 30 second showers, we’ll be able to offset 5% of the carbon emissions this AI has!

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      2 months ago

      Google ghg emissions in 2023 are 14.3 million metric tons. Which are a ridiculous percentage of global emissions.

      Commercial aviation emissions are 935.000 million metric tons by year.

      So IDK about plastic straws or google. But really if people stopped flying around so much that would actually make a dent on global emissions.

      Don’t get me wrong, google is a piece of shit. But they are not the ones causing climate change, neither is AI technology. Planes, cars, meat industry, offshore production… Those are some of the truly big culprits.

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        2 months ago

        Bro… Most peoples “personalities” revolves around “travel”

        Telling them to stop brain dead tourism will not accept! Fuck your climate

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          2 months ago

          You do you. But other people may have other priorities.

          Anyway, how many times have an user to use an AI to even come close to a single commercial plate through the Atlantic? It may be a freaking lot.

          You giving away AI, or even forcing all humandkind to do so, might as well do nothing as far as climate change is concerned.

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            2 months ago

            I still believe there are other priorities over one trip every couple of years. Flight is one of the greatest achievements of humanity and I firmly believe it is important to visit other cultures.

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              2 months ago

              I’m not sure about that. I live in a country that is suffering a lot because of tourism. And I’m not very fond of it.

              Sometimes I prefer that people would just read our Wikipedia page instead of coming here.

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                2 months ago

                I gather from your comments that you live in Spain, right? You guys suffer from all the 20€ flights going there from other European countries. At those prices you’ll mostly encounter human trash (I know this because I’m from Germany and the the majority of Germans visiting Spain are morons), so I feel with you. These cheap flights need to stop. I’d like to see the kerosene taxed fully for European flights. Have the prices be something to think about.