All the IPCC models assume massive amounts of sequestration, I believe
It’s a necessity at this point, even if all fossil fuel use stops globally tomorrow
All the IPCC models assume massive amounts of sequestration, I believe
It’s a necessity at this point, even if all fossil fuel use stops globally tomorrow
If the overall goal is to increase the human population, it actually makes total sense
If the goal is to prevent murders, then no, it doesn’t make sense
There’s plenty of EVs with 300+ miles of range now. Shouldn’t be an issue.
carbon sequestration is not ever going to work
I don’t know what you’re talking about, it’s a thing that is currently being done. Not some future hypothetical tech.
But yes it is too expensive for now. Costs are coming down hopefully that continues to be the case.
And yes, the best, cheapest, most efficient way to reduce ghg is to eliminate fossil fuels.
Instead of offsets, companies should be pursuing direct carbon sequestration like with https://climeworks.com/
No estimates, no accounting magic. Just a direct measure of physical, measurable tons of carbon directly removed from the atmosphere.
Surveillance state.
For California at least, residential use is about 10% of all water usage iirc. So if data centers are dwarfed by that…not a big concern in the big picture.
The issue I guess is when data center usage sucks up all the local supply. State and region wide they don’t use much but they do use a lot in one small area.
Water is extremely important in most large scale cooling systems, whether it be swamp coolers (aka evaporative cooling) or traditional HVAC (aka chillers).
Not to mention a much higher carbon footprint.
The reason evaporative coolers are cheap is because they use a fraction of the electricity that chillers do.
And note that the majority of data center water usage is indirect via power generation, so using less water on site but more indirectly by consuming more power is both more expensive and less efficient.
Unfortunately, evaporative coolers are the best way to go, for now.
Screw data centers, I want to see desalination combined with nuclear power plants. They literally generate power by boiling water, it’s a match made in heaven.
We just need a few more advances in technology to remove impurities from brine and we’d also corner the table salt market.
Article does not explain why it’s called the Enchilada Trap. My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.
Eh there’s really only 2 players in the browser game right now
It’s the basis of law and order. You can’t just do whatever you want, that’s a dictatorship.
I mean…it doesn’t
Who thinks it does? What a silly idea
It’s the half you probably don’t want to be on anyway. Automated censorship is shitty.
That’s why it’s so juicy, they’re all such terrible people we don’t have to pick sides
What the hell else are you going to do?
When I was younger I thought about trying to study the science of aging to hopefully reverse it. But as soon as I got into the field I realized that a) barring some miracle breakthrough, the technology will not happen in my lifetime; and b) the circumstances of my birth would make it incredibly difficult and unlikely that I could ever aspire to work in such a field. Going to college at all was a stretch, and I eventually had to drop out to start working.
So anyway, that option off the table, there’s no solution. You will die. Your options are to either let anxiety destroy any enjoyment you might get out of life, or just keep living anyway.
and you’ll just come back as another sentient being
Comforting fairy tales is how most adults handle fear of death.
It’s a negligible amount of heat. Something like 0.000001% of the greenhouse effect from fossil fuels. Almost unmeasurable.
The carbon tax is supposed to (partially) go towards credits for EVs