#energyuse — Public Fediverse posts

@John
Interesting read. 🙏🏻 Didn’t realise there were already so many in Australia (“251 data centres already operating across Australia, according to DataCenters.com, with more in the development pipeline”), hope they’re paying top shelf for their electricity (rather than sweetheart deals meaning we pay more for ours - mine had a huge jump this year, imagine it’s the same for others, no sign of the promised 3 free hours daily yet either). 🤔

On the jobs created question: “… data centres do create jobs, but they are not necessarily going to be supporting a huge, ongoing workforce and, according to the Brookings Institution, data centre advocates "overstate" potential employment benefits.” 🫤

And on construction jobs they’re competing: “University of Melbourne senior lecturer in construction technology M. Reza Hosseini warns a data centre construction boom could result in a shortage of workers to build much-needed new houses.” Great. Not. ☹️

#dataCentres #Australia #AusPol #construction #jobsCreated #waterUse #energyUse #overstatedBenefits

@John
Interesting read. 🙏🏻 Didn’t realise there were already so many in Australia (“251 data centres already operating across Australia, according to DataCenters.com, with more in the development pipeline”), hope they’re paying top shelf for their electricity (rather than sweetheart deals meaning we pay more for ours - mine had a huge jump this year, imagine it’s the same for others, no sign of the promised 3 free hours daily yet either). 🤔

On the jobs created question: “… data centres do create jobs, but they are not necessarily going to be supporting a huge, ongoing workforce and, according to the Brookings Institution, data centre advocates "overstate" potential employment benefits.” 🫤

And on construction jobs they’re competing: “University of Melbourne senior lecturer in construction technology M. Reza Hosseini warns a data centre construction boom could result in a shortage of workers to build much-needed new houses.” Great. Not. ☹️

#dataCentres #Australia #AusPol #construction #jobsCreated #waterUse #energyUse #overstatedBenefits

@John
Interesting read. 🙏🏻 Didn’t realise there were already so many in Australia (“251 data centres already operating across Australia, according to DataCenters.com, with more in the development pipeline”), hope they’re paying top shelf for their electricity (rather than sweetheart deals meaning we pay more for ours - mine had a huge jump this year, imagine it’s the same for others, no sign of the promised 3 free hours daily yet either). 🤔

On the jobs created question: “… data centres do create jobs, but they are not necessarily going to be supporting a huge, ongoing workforce and, according to the Brookings Institution, data centre advocates "overstate" potential employment benefits.” 🫤

And on construction jobs they’re competing: “University of Melbourne senior lecturer in construction technology M. Reza Hosseini warns a data centre construction boom could result in a shortage of workers to build much-needed new houses.” Great. Not. ☹️

#dataCentres #Australia #AusPol #construction #jobsCreated #waterUse #energyUse #overstatedBenefits

@John
Interesting read. 🙏🏻 Didn’t realise there were already so many in Australia (“251 data centres already operating across Australia, according to DataCenters.com, with more in the development pipeline”), hope they’re paying top shelf for their electricity (rather than sweetheart deals meaning we pay more for ours - mine had a huge jump this year, imagine it’s the same for others, no sign of the promised 3 free hours daily yet either). 🤔

On the jobs created question: “… data centres do create jobs, but they are not necessarily going to be supporting a huge, ongoing workforce and, according to the Brookings Institution, data centre advocates "overstate" potential employment benefits.” 🫤

And on construction jobs they’re competing: “University of Melbourne senior lecturer in construction technology M. Reza Hosseini warns a data centre construction boom could result in a shortage of workers to build much-needed new houses.” Great. Not. ☹️

#dataCentres #Australia #AusPol #construction #jobsCreated #waterUse #energyUse #overstatedBenefits

@John
Interesting read. 🙏🏻 Didn’t realise there were already so many in Australia (“251 data centres already operating across Australia, according to DataCenters.com, with more in the development pipeline”), hope they’re paying top shelf for their electricity (rather than sweetheart deals meaning we pay more for ours - mine had a huge jump this year, imagine it’s the same for others, no sign of the promised 3 free hours daily yet either). 🤔

On the jobs created question: “… data centres do create jobs, but they are not necessarily going to be supporting a huge, ongoing workforce and, according to the Brookings Institution, data centre advocates "overstate" potential employment benefits.” 🫤

And on construction jobs they’re competing: “University of Melbourne senior lecturer in construction technology M. Reza Hosseini warns a data centre construction boom could result in a shortage of workers to build much-needed new houses.” Great. Not. ☹️

#dataCentres #Australia #AusPol #construction #jobsCreated #waterUse #energyUse #overstatedBenefits

Mediaite: Trump admin deletes cooling advice after right goes scorched on Mamdani for same info. “The U.S. Department of Energy apparently deleted its longstanding guidance that homeowners keep their air conditioning set to 78 degrees, after critics slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) for giving the exact same advice during the current heat wave.”

Mediaite: Trump admin deletes cooling advice after right goes scorched on Mamdani for same info. “The U.S. Department of Energy apparently deleted its longstanding guidance that homeowners keep their air conditioning set to 78 degrees, after critics slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) for giving the exact same advice during the current heat wave.”

Mediaite: Trump admin deletes cooling advice after right goes scorched on Mamdani for same info. “The U.S. Department of Energy apparently deleted its longstanding guidance that homeowners keep their air conditioning set to 78 degrees, after critics slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) for giving the exact same advice during the current heat wave.”

Mediaite: Trump admin deletes cooling advice after right goes scorched on Mamdani for same info. “The U.S. Department of Energy apparently deleted its longstanding guidance that homeowners keep their air conditioning set to 78 degrees, after critics slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) for giving the exact same advice during the current heat wave.”

Mediaite: Trump admin deletes cooling advice after right goes scorched on Mamdani for same info. “The U.S. Department of Energy apparently deleted its longstanding guidance that homeowners keep their air conditioning set to 78 degrees, after critics slammed New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani (D) for giving the exact same advice during the current heat wave.”

The Architecture of Isolation: The Solitary Shift

More people are living alone in industrialized nations, changing how we use energy and affecting community ties. What does this mean for the future?

#SingleHouseholds, #EnergyUse, #CommunityImpact, #DemographicShift, #ModernLiving

https://newsletter.tf/people-living-alone-changes-energy-community/

The number of single-person households is growing fast, meaning more energy is used per person. This is different from when families lived together.

#SingleHouseholds, #EnergyUse, #CommunityImpact, #DemographicShift, #ModernLiving
https://newsletter.tf/people-living-alone-changes-energy-community/

The Conversation: Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year. “The exact results varied with each simulation and with a range of assumptions about emissions from diesel generators. But in general, we found that using backup diesel generators this way would cause about 500 more premature deaths per year in the U.S. compared with getting the same […]

The Conversation: Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year. “The exact results varied with each simulation and with a range of assumptions about emissions from diesel generators. But in general, we found that using backup diesel generators this way would cause about 500 more premature deaths per year in the U.S. compared with getting the same […]

The Conversation: Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year. “The exact results varied with each simulation and with a range of assumptions about emissions from diesel generators. But in general, we found that using backup diesel generators this way would cause about 500 more premature deaths per year in the U.S. compared with getting the same […]

The Conversation: Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year. “The exact results varied with each simulation and with a range of assumptions about emissions from diesel generators. But in general, we found that using backup diesel generators this way would cause about 500 more premature deaths per year in the U.S. compared with getting the same […]

The Conversation: Using diesel generators to power the AI revolution would kill hundreds of Americans a year. “The exact results varied with each simulation and with a range of assumptions about emissions from diesel generators. But in general, we found that using backup diesel generators this way would cause about 500 more premature deaths per year in the U.S. compared with getting the same […]

“Every act of energy conservation… is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism”*…

But how do we best honor that admonition? The estimable Saul Griffith has observed “We need a proportional quantitative understanding of energy use, for everyone.” Now, Hannah Ritchie (Deputy Editor of Our World in Data and Senior Researcher in the Programme for Global Development at the University of Oxford) rides to the rescue with an elegant tool that compares and quantifies (in both watt-hours and usage cost, in both the U.S, and the U.K.) the energy consumption of different products and activities.

Try it: “Does that use a lot of energy?” from @hannahritchie.bsky.social. Background in her newsletter.

* Jimmy Carter

###

As we watch our wattage, we might send wild birthday greetings to Bernard Frank; he was born on this date in 1902. A conservationist, forester, and wilderness activist, he had a long, engaged career in conservation concerns, especially in the D.C. area, where he was a leader in organizing the Rock Creek Watershed Association which worked to restore and preserve the area around Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., and Maryland and in the effort that lead to the creation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. He was honored for his work in this region with the naming of Lake Bernard Frank in Derwood, Maryland. But Frank is probably best remembered as one of the eight founding members of The Wilderness Society.

“Every act of energy conservation… is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism”*…

But how do we best honor that admonition? The estimable Saul Griffith has observed “We need a proportional quantitative understanding of energy use, for everyone.” Now, Hannah Ritchie (Deputy Editor of Our World in Data and Senior Researcher in the Programme for Global Development at the University of Oxford) rides to the rescue with an elegant tool that compares and quantifies (in both watt-hours and usage cost, in both the U.S, and the U.K.) the energy consumption of different products and activities.

Try it: “Does that use a lot of energy?” from @hannahritchie.bsky.social. Background in her newsletter.

* Jimmy Carter

###

As we watch our wattage, we might send wild birthday greetings to Bernard Frank; he was born on this date in 1902. A conservationist, forester, and wilderness activist, he had a long, engaged career in conservation concerns, especially in the D.C. area, where he was a leader in organizing the Rock Creek Watershed Association which worked to restore and preserve the area around Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., and Maryland and in the effort that lead to the creation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. He was honored for his work in this region with the naming of Lake Bernard Frank in Derwood, Maryland. But Frank is probably best remembered as one of the eight founding members of The Wilderness Society.

“Every act of energy conservation… is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism”*…

But how do we best honor that admonition? The estimable Saul Griffith has observed “We need a proportional quantitative understanding of energy use, for everyone.” Now, Hannah Ritchie (Deputy Editor of Our World in Data and Senior Researcher in the Programme for Global Development at the University of Oxford) rides to the rescue with an elegant tool that compares and quantifies (in both watt-hours and usage cost, in both the U.S, and the U.K.) the energy consumption of different products and activities.

Try it: “Does that use a lot of energy?” from @hannahritchie.bsky.social. Background in her newsletter.

* Jimmy Carter

###

As we watch our wattage, we might send wild birthday greetings to Bernard Frank; he was born on this date in 1902. A conservationist, forester, and wilderness activist, he had a long, engaged career in conservation concerns, especially in the D.C. area, where he was a leader in organizing the Rock Creek Watershed Association which worked to restore and preserve the area around Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., and Maryland and in the effort that lead to the creation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. He was honored for his work in this region with the naming of Lake Bernard Frank in Derwood, Maryland. But Frank is probably best remembered as one of the eight founding members of The Wilderness Society.

“Every act of energy conservation… is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism”*…

But how do we best honor that admonition? The estimable Saul Griffith has observed “We need a proportional quantitative understanding of energy use, for everyone.” Now, Hannah Ritchie (Deputy Editor of Our World in Data and Senior Researcher in the Programme for Global Development at the University of Oxford) rides to the rescue with an elegant tool that compares and quantifies (in both watt-hours and usage cost, in both the U.S, and the U.K.) the energy consumption of different products and activities.

Try it: “Does that use a lot of energy?” from @hannahritchie.bsky.social. Background in her newsletter.

* Jimmy Carter

###

As we watch our wattage, we might send wild birthday greetings to Bernard Frank; he was born on this date in 1902. A conservationist, forester, and wilderness activist, he had a long, engaged career in conservation concerns, especially in the D.C. area, where he was a leader in organizing the Rock Creek Watershed Association which worked to restore and preserve the area around Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., and Maryland and in the effort that lead to the creation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. He was honored for his work in this region with the naming of Lake Bernard Frank in Derwood, Maryland. But Frank is probably best remembered as one of the eight founding members of The Wilderness Society.

“Every act of energy conservation… is more than just common sense: I tell you it is an act of patriotism”*…

But how do we best honor that admonition? The estimable Saul Griffith has observed “We need a proportional quantitative understanding of energy use, for everyone.” Now, Hannah Ritchie (Deputy Editor of Our World in Data and Senior Researcher in the Programme for Global Development at the University of Oxford) rides to the rescue with an elegant tool that compares and quantifies (in both watt-hours and usage cost, in both the U.S, and the U.K.) the energy consumption of different products and activities.

Try it: “Does that use a lot of energy?” from @hannahritchie.bsky.social. Background in her newsletter.

* Jimmy Carter

###

As we watch our wattage, we might send wild birthday greetings to Bernard Frank; he was born on this date in 1902. A conservationist, forester, and wilderness activist, he had a long, engaged career in conservation concerns, especially in the D.C. area, where he was a leader in organizing the Rock Creek Watershed Association which worked to restore and preserve the area around Rock Creek in Washington, D.C., and Maryland and in the effort that lead to the creation of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park. He was honored for his work in this region with the naming of Lake Bernard Frank in Derwood, Maryland. But Frank is probably best remembered as one of the eight founding members of The Wilderness Society.

Does that use a lot of energy?

https://hannahritchie.github.io/energy-use-comparisons/

#HackerNews #energyuse #sustainability #technology #comparisons #climatechange

Does that use a lot of energy?

https://hannahritchie.github.io/energy-use-comparisons/

#HackerNews #energyuse #sustainability #technology #comparisons #climatechange

Does that use a lot of energy?

https://hannahritchie.github.io/energy-use-comparisons/

#HackerNews #energyuse #sustainability #technology #comparisons #climatechange

Does that use a lot of energy?

https://hannahritchie.github.io/energy-use-comparisons/

#HackerNews #energyuse #sustainability #technology #comparisons #climatechange

Does that use a lot of energy?

https://hannahritchie.github.io/energy-use-comparisons/

#HackerNews #energyuse #sustainability #technology #comparisons #climatechange

… but what really matters if you want to save energy: Drive less (and if so, use an electric car) and heat less (reduce the temperature and switch the heating off at night/when away), even if you have a heat pump. And yes, I know my own weaknesses :-( #EnergyUse #Emissions #Households #Comparison

… but what really matters if you want to save energy: Drive less (and if so, use an electric car) and heat less (reduce the temperature and switch the heating off at night/when away), even if you have a heat pump. And yes, I know my own weaknesses :-( #EnergyUse #Emissions #Households #Comparison

Renewable energy produced 49% of metered electricity generation in November 2023
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-vlftm/vehicleslicensedforthefirsttimedecemberandyear2023/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Mastodon&utm_campaign=elecgen
#EnergyGeneration#CSOIreland #Ireland #Environment #EnergyUse #Energy #BusinessEnergyUse #Business #EnvironmentalAccounts #EnergyConsumption #Climate

Renewable energy produced 49% of metered electricity generation in November 2023
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-vlftm/vehicleslicensedforthefirsttimedecemberandyear2023/?utm_source=Mastodon&utm_medium=Mastodon&utm_campaign=elecgen
#EnergyGeneration#CSOIreland #Ireland #Environment #EnergyUse #Energy #BusinessEnergyUse #Business #EnvironmentalAccounts #EnergyConsumption #Climate

#Europe should cap ‘luxury’ #EnergyUse to meet #EmissionsTargets, study says

Limiting demand of richest 20% saves seven times #GreenhouseGases required to meet needs of poorest 20%, researchers find
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/17/europe-cap-luxury-energy-use-emissions-carbon-budget-targets-study #ClimateCrisis #Reduce #Sustainability

#Europe should cap ‘luxury’ #EnergyUse to meet #EmissionsTargets, study says

Limiting demand of richest 20% saves seven times #GreenhouseGases required to meet needs of poorest 20%, researchers find
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/17/europe-cap-luxury-energy-use-emissions-carbon-budget-targets-study #ClimateCrisis #Reduce #Sustainability

Animal-free identical #Dairy proteins from #PrecisionFermentation can have 99% lower #WaterUse, 96% lower GHG #Emissions, 92% lower #LandUse, and 50% lower #EnergyUse - compared to conventional #Milk made with cows: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iRD5wZIsaCvXQG9ShV4tMqN7Ybnnpeqt/ #sustainable #protein #nutrition #LCA

#FYI #EnergyUse #GlobalHeating #ExtremeHeatwaves #ExtremeWeather #HealthEffects

Interview with Danny Harvey, professor in the Department of Geography, University of Toronto, on the science behind extreme weather events intensifying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmLXWaatk-U

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #globalWarming #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse #ecocide #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #GreenhouseGases #KeepitInTheGround

#FYI #EnergyUse #GlobalHeating #ExtremeHeatwaves #ExtremeWeather #HealthEffects

Interview with Danny Harvey, professor in the Department of Geography, University of Toronto, on the science behind extreme weather events intensifying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmLXWaatk-U

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #globalWarming #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse #ecocide #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #GreenhouseGases #KeepitInTheGround

#FYI #EnergyUse #GlobalHeating #ExtremeHeatwaves #ExtremeWeather #HealthEffects

Interview with Danny Harvey, professor in the Department of Geography, University of Toronto, on the science behind extreme weather events intensifying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmLXWaatk-U

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #globalWarming #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse #ecocide #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #GreenhouseGases #KeepitInTheGround

#FYI #EnergyUse #GlobalHeating #ExtremeHeatwaves #ExtremeWeather #HealthEffects

Interview with Danny Harvey, professor in the Department of Geography, University of Toronto, on the science behind extreme weather events intensifying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmLXWaatk-U

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #globalWarming #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse #ecocide #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #GreenhouseGases #KeepitInTheGround

#FYI #EnergyUse #GlobalHeating #ExtremeHeatwaves #ExtremeWeather #HealthEffects

Interview with Danny Harvey, professor in the Department of Geography, University of Toronto, on the science behind extreme weather events intensifying

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmLXWaatk-U

#climate #ClimateScience #climatechange #ClimateEmergency #ClimateCrisis #ClimateBreakdown #climatecatastrophe #globalWarming #EcosystemCollapse #systemcollapse #ecocide #fossilfuels #Co2 #Co2Emissions #GreenhouseGases #KeepitInTheGround

How the brain's activity, energy use and blood flow change as people fall asleep

https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/press-releases/research-shows-coordinated-shift-in-brain-activity-while-asleep

#HackerNews #brainactivity #energyuse #bloodflow #sleepresearch #neuroscience

How the brain's activity, energy use and blood flow change as people fall asleep

https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/press-releases/research-shows-coordinated-shift-in-brain-activity-while-asleep

#HackerNews #brainactivity #energyuse #bloodflow #sleepresearch #neuroscience

How the brain's activity, energy use and blood flow change as people fall asleep

https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/press-releases/research-shows-coordinated-shift-in-brain-activity-while-asleep

#HackerNews #brainactivity #energyuse #bloodflow #sleepresearch #neuroscience

How the brain's activity, energy use and blood flow change as people fall asleep

https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/press-releases/research-shows-coordinated-shift-in-brain-activity-while-asleep

#HackerNews #brainactivity #energyuse #bloodflow #sleepresearch #neuroscience

How the brain's activity, energy use and blood flow change as people fall asleep

https://www.massgeneralbrigham.org/en/about/newsroom/press-releases/research-shows-coordinated-shift-in-brain-activity-while-asleep

#HackerNews #brainactivity #energyuse #bloodflow #sleepresearch #neuroscience

The Register: We’re all going to be paying AI’s Godzilla-sized power bills. “I see a race coming between the bursting of the AI bubble, the cracking of our already overburdened electrical grid, and all of us shivering in the winter and baking in the summertime, as AI-driven costs and brownouts make us miserable in our homes.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/10/17/the-register-were-all-going-to-be-paying-ais-godzilla-sized-power-bills/

Energy costs are going down but bills are not. Abolish unfair standing charges, which disproportionately hit poorest households the most. #energy #EnergyUse #StandingCharges #EnergyBills https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/644887

Energy costs are going down but bills are not. Abolish unfair standing charges, which disproportionately hit poorest households the most. #energy #EnergyUse #StandingCharges #EnergyBills https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/644887

Unlimited Innovations vs. 2,500 Swimming Pools — AI Faces Similar Environmental Backlash as Bitcoin Mining - In recent years, attention has centered on bitcoin mining, particularly its energy... - https://news.bitcoin.com/unlimited-innovations-vs-2500-swimming-pools-ai-faces-similar-environmental-backlash-as-bitcoin-mining/ #energyconsumption #bitcoinmining #cryptomining #generativeai #jamesonlopp #energyuse #niccarter #featured #ai

Unlimited Innovations vs. 2,500 Swimming Pools — AI Faces Similar Environmental Backlash as Bitcoin Mining - In recent years, attention has centered on bitcoin mining, particularly its energy... - https://news.bitcoin.com/unlimited-innovations-vs-2500-swimming-pools-ai-faces-similar-environmental-backlash-as-bitcoin-mining/ #energyconsumption #bitcoinmining #cryptomining #generativeai #jamesonlopp #energyuse #niccarter #featured #ai

Unlimited Innovations vs. 2,500 Swimming Pools — AI Faces Similar Environmental Backlash as Bitcoin Mining - In recent years, attention has centered on bitcoin mining, particularly its energy... - https://news.bitcoin.com/unlimited-innovations-vs-2500-swimming-pools-ai-faces-similar-environmental-backlash-as-bitcoin-mining/ #energyconsumption #bitcoinmining #cryptomining #generativeai #jamesonlopp #energyuse #niccarter #featured #ai