Post #3505358
2026-06-22 22:27 UTC
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@woodenmachines@mastodon.social 2026-06-22 22:53
@parismarx@mastodon.online Remember when #ev s we’re going to collapse the grid? We heard that for decades, was enough to stifle progress for a good while. Then came the “artisanal” mining for “rare earths”. People, of a broad political spectrum, actively in the streets protesting #datacenters and it’s getting very little political traction. Interesting comparison electrification to data centers, especially since who asked for #AI ? We’ve been asking for #cleanenergy since the 70s #fracking
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@huopa@mastodon.online 2026-06-23 05:52
@parismarx@mastodon.online to me, this is not a trivial trouble to choose. Losing out on AI race, and I mean it also mostly on European terms with companies under EU democratic decision making, most likely means EU becoming relatively poor compared to AI winners. This in turn will mean the further rise of populism, no matter if it was from the right or left and that could be even worse for the sustainability than the gas plants running for 10 years.