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kroogman on May 21, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: AI's energy footprint

You think rolling coal releases 10 - 100 kg (20 - 200 lb) of CO2 into the atmosphere?

You would need hundreds of lb of gasoline for that!

fisherjeff on May 21, 2025 [–]

That'd actually only be about 1-10 gallons, or about 6-60 pounds. Regardless, I'd guess it's probably only <500g CO2.

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