Re: Environmental impact of Debian's AI usage

On 17.08.26 17:33, Aigars Mahinovs wrote:
> completely green

Well, ostensibly. The real-world fact however is that, if a data center 
eats a GWh of power, some fossil-fuel plant somewhere will burn a GWh's 
equivalent more gas, and thus release 200 more tons of CO₂ — obvious 
when you think about it, where else shall the power come from? more 
sunshine?

The solution is of course to build enough renewable (or at least 
CO₂-neutral …) capacity that there's enough marginal capacity in the 
network to supply that GWh. But we're not there yet, and we won't be 
before 2045 or so, at the *very* earliest.

That being said, on the whole I tend to agree with Aigars. Knives can 
carve up cucumbers … or cows … or people. Nobody's going to forbid the 
sale of knives. They're too useful.

Same for AI, IMHO.

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-- regards
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-- Matthias Urlichs

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