While we rightly celebrate our continuing shift across Europe to renewable energy, when that achievement is put into a global context, we might have pause to consider how large a challenge a global green transition (for energy) remains.... there is a (very) long way to go (and time is running out)
#energy #GreenTransition #politics #climate #environment
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People continue to think about #AI in terms of #2010s computing, which is part of the reason everyone gets it wrong whether they're #antiAI or #tech bros.
Look, we had 8GB of #ram as the standard for a decade. The standard was set in 2014, and in 2015 #AlphaGo beat a human at #Go.
Why? Because, #hardware lags #software - in #economic terms: supply follows demand, but demand can not create its own supply.
It takes 3 years for a new chip to go through the #technological readiness levels and be released.
It takes 5 years for a new #chip architecture. E.g. the #Zen architecture was conceived in 2012, and released in 2017.
It takes 10 years for a new type of technology, like a #GPU.
Now, AlphaGo needed a lot of RAM, so how did it stagnate for a decade after doubling every two years before that?
In 2007 the #Iphone was released. #Computers were all becoming smaller, #energy #efficiency was becoming paramount, and everything was moving to the #cloud.
In 2017, most people used their computer for a few applications and a web browser. But also in 2017, companies were starting to build #technology for AI, as it was becoming increasingly important.
Five years after that, we're in the #pandemic lockdowns, and people are buying more powerful computers, we have #LLM, and companies are beginning to jack up the const of cloud services.
#Apple releases chips with large amounts of unified #memory, #ChatGPT starts to break the internet, and in 2025, GPU growth continues to outpace CPU growth, and in 2025 you have a competitor to Apple's unified memory.
The era of cloud computing and surfing the #web is dead.
The hype of multi-trillion parameter #LLMs making #AGI is a fantasy. There isn't enough power to do that, there aren't enough chips, it's already too expensive.
What _is_ coming is AI tech performing well and running locally without the cloud. AI Tech is _not_ just chatbots and #aiart. It's going to change what you can do with your #computer.
China installs more solar in 1 month than the total energy the US uses
China installed its highest solar power capacity for a single month in May.
back-of-the-envelope calculations, 71 GW is more power than the entire US uses (on average). This is why our electricity is, on average, 2.5-3 times more expensive. This will lead to advantages in AI, production, etc. Cheap energy = cheap everything else.
#AI #Solar #energy #renewables
oilprice.com/Latest-Energy-New…
China set a global record by installing 93 GW of solar capacity in May, surpassing any other country's full-year total, though growth is expected to slow due to new regulatory changes.Charles Kennedy (OilPrice.com)
Coca-Cola is installing what the company claims to be the world’s first hydrogen-powered vending machines at the World Expo 2025, which will open to the public in Osaka, Japan, on April 13th, 2025. Co-developed by Fuji Electric, the machines don’t need access to a power outlet and instead rely on replaceable hydrogen cartridges to fuel a chemical reaction that generates electricity, @theverge reports:
theverge.com/news/633779/coca-…
#CocaCola #Hydrogen #Energy #WorldExpo2025 #Japan
Coca-Cola’s new vending machine uses replaceable hydrogen cartridges and chemical reactions to generate its own power.Andrew Liszewski (The Verge)
North Dakota Sued the Interior Department at Least Five Times Under Gov. Doug Burgum. Now He’s Set to Run the Agency.
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The state was hostile to Interior Department policies during the Biden administration. A review of its lawsuits under Burgum reveals an aggressively pro-fossil fuel agenda.
propublica.org/article/doug-bu…
#News #NorthDakota #Government #FossilFuels #Energy #Oil #Gas #Climate
A review of lawsuits filed by North Dakota while Burgum was governor reveals an aggressively pro-fossil fuel agenda.ProPublica
Sh*tf*ck 😳🔥😔
#ChatGPT consumes 25 times more #energy than #Google
"Energy consumption by Artificial Intelligence (#AI) is rising rapidly: AI is predicted to consume twice as much energy as the whole of France by 2030, according to some calculations."
brusselstimes.com/world-all-ne…
"The negative impact of AI needs to be mitigated. Business leaders should be aware of the growing environmental impact of AI and take action."www.brusselstimes.com
Court of Justice of the European UnionCURIA
#FreeSoftware developer? Looking to measure the #energy consumption of your software in a dedicated lab? Can't make the trip to #Berlin to do so?
Karanjot Singh is working to change that!
This summer remote access to the #KDAB measurement lab will become a reality. Read more at the #KDEEco blog:
"#KEcoLab: Remote Energy Measurement Lab"
eco.kde.org/blog/2023-06-13-gs…
#KDE #FEEP #BE4FOSS #FOSS #OpenSource #Sustainability #SustainableSoftware #GreenSoftware #SustainableComputing
In this post I start my journey in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) with KDE Eco by describing progress made on the exciting project of making remote access to the Energy Measurement Lab a reality.KEcoLab: Remote Energy Measurement Lab
Learn about software-driven #environmental harm and how to combat it with #FreeSoftware!
Come to 📍 Room AW1.126 (#energy devroom) at #FOSDEM from 🕟 16:30-17 (CET).
Or 🖥️ watch online.
More information here: fosdem.org/2023/schedule/event…
#KDE #KDEEco #BE4FOSS #FEEP #FOSS #OpenSource #sustainability #environment #ecology
Fission is in the news, but few recognize that a woman physicist was behind the discovery.
Lise Meitner’s brilliance led to the discovery of nuclear fission. But her long time collaborator Otto Hahn, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry w/o her in 1944, even though she had given the first theoretical explanation.
Albert Einstein called Meitner “our Marie Curie." She also adamantly refused to work on the atomic bomb during WWII. aps.org/publications/apsnews/2… #women #history #science #energy
An Australian mining magnate wants to save the planet with green hydrogen. Andrew Forrest, whose company is a major polluter, has fans in the Biden administration for his audacious plan. But the technology he’s promoting doesn’t exist yet.
wapo.st/3F9GTNt
#KDE #software is many things: free, beautiful, performant, customizable. How about all of that plus #sustainable?
KDE adopts #SustainableSoftware as one of 3 overarching goals to focus on!
> Software has an impact on our future. It has an affect on #energy and #resource usage. KDE can deliver software which does this in a way which preserves #environment and society for us and future generations.
community.kde.org/Goals/Sustai…
#KDEEco #BE4FOSS #FEEP #FOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #ClimateCrisis
I'm Allison, a freelance copyeditor (and sometimes writer & artist) hoping to connect with international comrades who share my enthusiasm for speculative fiction, mountains, disability justice, and ecosocialism.
We might get along if
- you're still wearing PPE,
- you have a favorite plant (bonus points if you wear it as a tattoo),
- you like The Expanse despite its being on Amazon, and/or
- Bernie 2016 broke your heart.
Hope to meet a lot of new folks soon. Glad to be here!
P.S. I'm also going to keep an eye out for
#art
#ecosocialism
#energy
#ethics
#labor
#landback
#mountains
#novels
#organizing
#solarpunk
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Just posted a new article! I explore the possibility of combining Compressed Air Energy Storage with Biochar pyrolysis for a "shovel-ready" and rural friendly energy storage regime.
medium.com/@nexusomega/fire-an…
#climate #biochar #energy #solarpunk
If you’re tuned into the world of renewable energy, you’ll know that rapidly building out global energy storage capabilities is a hot topic. With the rapid and long-overdue deployment of wind, solar…A.C. Tupper (Medium)
