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AI’s potential climate benefits outweighed by role in boosting fossil fuels, study finds
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 11 Aug 2026
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We saw the same shit with "crypto mining". This is just several orders of magnitude bigger.
The difference is no-one said crypto mining would solve climate change.
Some tech bros are saying AI will solve climate change. As this article shows, they're wrong.
Eh, don't be so sure. I remember talk of using crypto in the carbon credit schemes. It's probably difficult to find with so much scamming, but try searching something like:
crypto coin project carbon reduction GHGHoly moly, you’re not wrong. 😳
Look at this nonsense from the World Economic Forum.