Tag: sustainability
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Carbone non è più una parolaccia: perché è tornata l’energia «sporca» nell’economia globale
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in GeneralIl clamoroso ritorno sulla scena energetica mondiale del carbone, spinto da crisi geopolitiche, costi contenuti e necessità industriali. Cina e India guidano la corsa.
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Sora 2 and ChatGPT are consuming so much power that OpenAI just did another 10 gigawatt deal
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in GeneralOpenAI is partnering with Broadcom to design and develop 10 gigawatts of custom AI chips and systems, a massive amount of power that will use as much electricity as a large city. The move further highlights just how power intensive the AI boom has become. It’s the latest partnership between OpenAI and a high-profile chip…
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Is AI really making electricity bills higher?
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in GeneralResidential electricity costs are on the rise, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). The average price of electricity in America has increased 13% since 2022, with the cost of retail electricity expected to grow faster than the rate of inflation, the report says. Some regions, like the Pacific, Middle Atlantic and New England,…
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Keep the lights on or mine Bitcoin? How crypto is starting to suck up clean energy
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in GeneralTo “mine” for digital currencies, powerful computers perform trillions of calculations per second. The more computer power miners have, the more profitable mining will be. This all adds up to huge amounts of electricity use. Where once Abkhazia was powered almost entirely by renewable hydropower, it’s now increasingly reliant on subsidized energy from Russia to help reduce…
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A Poetic Cabin Might Signal the Future for a Small Icelandic Village
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in GeneralPálmar Kristmundsson’s unique getaway on the grounds of a defunct concrete factory just might be the catalyst that reinvigorates a struggling community
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This alien plant is lethal for the environment. Now it’s being turned into a plastic to regrow forests
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in GeneralHyaPak Ecotech Limited, founded by Joseph Nguthiru, began life as a final year project by the former Egerton University civil and environmental engineering student. Nguthiru and his classmates experienced the problem of water hyacinths firsthand on a field trip to Lake Naivasha in 2021, when their boat became trapped for five hours. They returned determined to…