Yes, obviously AI is emitting way too much. It shouldn’t even be producing 0.2% of global emissions, let alone 2%. My main grievance is that no one ever talks about improving industrial and agricultural processes even though they produce around 29% of emissions and 20% of emissions respectively.

  • SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz
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    A lot of the emissions from food are not things that are already in the carbon cycle.

    • Deforestation to turn forest into farmland.

    • Fossil fuels for equipment and to manufacture fertiliser.

    • Methane from animals is significantly more potent than if that same carbon was released as CO2.