Back in the 70s my father, who was a nuclear engineer, said that if nuclear energy weren't pursued aggressively there would be energy riots by 2050.
--- Frank C. Wimberly 140 Calle Ojo Feliz, Santa Fe, NM 87505 505 670-9918 Santa Fe, NM On Thu, Mar 28, 2024, 7:42 PM Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > > https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/microsoft-hires-erin-henderson-to-head-nuclear-development-acceleration-for-data-centers/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> On Behalf Of Prof David West > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2024 6:34 PM > To: friam@redfish.com > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] death by ubiquity > > Published a paper couple of years back — IT is not Sustainable. One point > was power consumption: known server-farms at that time used more energy per > year than the UK. Less than 10% came from renewable sources. > > Not included were all the “secret” farms in Russia, China, etc., or > centers like the NSA facility west of Salt Lake City. > > Davew > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2024, at 9:08 AM, glen wrote: > > As we frivolously replace meatspace conversation with obsequious > > chatbots, the world burns. > > > > The industry more damaging to the environment than airlines > > https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/05/30/silicon-valley-data-gi > > ants-net-zero-sustainability-risk/ > > > > https://www.asce.org/publications-and-news/civil-engineering-source/ci > > vil-engineering-magazine/issues/magazine-issue/article/2024/03/enginee > > rs-often-need-a-lot-of-water-to-keep-data-centers-cool > > > > -- > > ꙮ Mɥǝu ǝlǝdɥɐuʇs ɟᴉƃɥʇ' ʇɥǝ ƃɹɐss snɟɟǝɹs˙ ꙮ > > > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > > archives: 5/2017 thru present > > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ > -. --- - / ...- .- .-.. .. -.. / -- --- .-. ... . / -.-. --- -.. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Fridays 9a-12p Friday St. Johns Cafe / Thursdays 9a-12p Zoom > https://bit.ly/virtualfriam > to (un)subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: 5/2017 thru present > https://redfish.com/pipermail/friam_redfish.com/ > 1/2003 thru 6/2021 http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/ >
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