2026-08-05 16:47 UTC
One potential silver lining: net-zero needs ~3x more clean electricity, and the main barriers are permitting, transmission, interconnection, not tech. If AI's capital and urgency fund firm clean power and grids, it could help clean the grid. Behind-the-meter gas, and it won't.
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@hausfath@fediscience.org 2026-08-05 16:47
Check out the full analysis over at The Climate Brink: https://www.theclimatebrink.com/p/the-real-energy-use-of-agentic-ai
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@adrianco@mastodon.social 2026-08-05 17:11
@hausfath@fediscience.org The other silver lining is that wind+solar+batteries is the lowest cost energy, so there’s an economic incentive to move away from other energy sources. Gas and other short term fixes for the capacity and distribution shortages should have a fairly short shelf life.