@return2ozma to People [email protected] • 3 months agoHeatwave is no joke...imagemessage-square296arrow-up11.75Karrow-down156cross-posted to: fuck_ai
arrow-up11.7Karrow-down1imageHeatwave is no joke...@return2ozma to People [email protected] • 3 months agomessage-square296cross-posted to: fuck_ai
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•3 months agoThey buy power plants and run it themselves. It improves reliability. For example, Google owns its own solar and wind farms. People are downvoting because they want to hate AI. And hating AI is valid. There are many reasons not to like AI. Environmental and power reasons are not one of them.
minus-square@otto_vonlink2•3 months agoBut they are probably still using the power grid in cases where there is no wind or sun for their wind and solar farms, right?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•3 months agoBatteries. They can use backup generators or consumer power for emergencies. Almost never happens in practice.
How does this work exactly?
They buy power plants and run it themselves. It improves reliability. For example, Google owns its own solar and wind farms.
People are downvoting because they want to hate AI. And hating AI is valid. There are many reasons not to like AI. Environmental and power reasons are not one of them.
But they are probably still using the power grid in cases where there is no wind or sun for their wind and solar farms, right?
Batteries.
They can use backup generators or consumer power for emergencies. Almost never happens in practice.