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Originally Posted by Ozy_Flame
One of those under the radar but hugely impactful things happening in the world is the insane amount of energy we are going to need for everyone to be on the cloud, adopting IoT, and using AI (and AGI in the not too distant future). That isn't even mentioning the amount of energy needed for things like blockchains, quantum computing, EVs, and so forth.
The world is going to be getting more nuclear if for no other reason than to keep up with compounding demand.
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Bitcoin mining is something like 1,000kWh a coin. (Or was it per transaction? Minor detail.) That's almost 7,000km of driving in a Model 3 (14.5 kWh/100km google tells me). That's an absurd waste of energy in my opinion.