• LughOPMA
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    8 months ago

    Silicon computing is starting to run up against hard limits when it comes to energy usage. Bitcoin mining is currently using 2% of the USA’s energy. Data Centers are projected to be using a third of Ireland’s electricity output by 2026.

    However it seems next-generation solutions are on the horizon, and this is one of them. Transitioning computing to energy-efficient new technologies is another front in the war to slow climate change.

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      8 months ago

      The solution is right in front of us. Stop burning fossil fuels. We could do it tomorrow, but we don’t want too bcz it would lower people’s quality of life, and make billionaires less rich, heavy emphasis on the later statement.

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        8 months ago

        It wouldn’t lower people’s quality of life. People who live in medium density neighbourhoods and ride bikes to work have better lives. They sleep better because it’s quiet, breathe better because there’s less pollution, don’t need to go to the gym, and get plenty of sun. Plus, no road rage. If you take public transit, you can read a book on the train. What I’m describing is the way life is supposed to be.