• matlag@sh.itjust.works
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    17 hours ago

    When he says “Europe must choose”, I assume he doesn’t mean by referendum or any democratic way, right?

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      1 hour ago

      Well in fact EU is a pretty well functioning democracy, and most member countries are too.
      So the decision will be up to democratically elected representatives, that were elected in fair elections.
      So it will be mostly democratic.

      Here in Denmark datacenters have a waiting line, because renewable production needs to be scaled up to handle it.
      Europe is NOT USA. Where datacenters can take over electric supply from smaller cities, leaving them without a supplier for electricity.

      My guess is that the lobby that made that statement is centered in USA, and is as braindead as the American Government.

  • jdr@lemmy.ml
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    1 day ago

    Can we choose something instead of data centre lobby? Anything at all would be fine.

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      13 hours ago

      As the climate is what keeps the world inhabitable for humans… climate > literally everything else.

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    1 day ago

    We can actually have renewable energy powered AI today.

    These people are just stalling it because they think turbines are “ugly” and batteries are foreign.