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https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech/

We did the math on AI’s energy footprint. Here’s the story you haven’t heard.
The emissions from individual AI text, image, and video queries seem small—until you add up what the industry isn’t tracking and consider where it’s heading next.

This https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.05460 has been replaced.
initial toot: https://mastoxiv.page/@arXiv_csPL_…

It's Not Easy Being Green: On the Energy Efficiency of Programming Languages
Does the choice of programming language affect energy consumption? Previous highly visible studies have established associations between certain programming languages and energy consumption. A causal misinterpretation of this work has led academics and industry leaders to use or support certain languages based on their claimed impact on energy consumption. This paper tackles this causal question directly. It first corrects and improves the measurement methodology used by prior work. It then dev…

⚗️ Breakthrough Technology Extracts Hydrogen from Natural Gas Wells
https://oilprice.com/Energy/Energy-General/Breakthrough-Technology-Extracts-Hydrogen-from-Natural-Gas-Wells.html

Breakthrough Technology Extracts Hydrogen from Natural Gas Wells
Scientists have discovered a new method to extract low-emissions hydrogen from natural gas fields while trapping carbon underground, potentially revolutionizing the hydrogen industry and global decarbonization efforts.

EU electric car sales in April up 34% compared to last year, but Tesla sales *down* 53%, an even stronger fall than in the first quarter of the year.
https://www.electrive.com/2025/05/27/electric-cars-overtake-diesel-in-new-eu-veh…

Electric cars overtake diesel in new EU vehicle registrations - electrive.com
According to the industry association ACEA, new registrations of electric cars in the EU rose by 26 per cent year-on-year to just under 560,000 units in the

Ab 2026 verstärkt #Boskalis seine Flotte mit der #Windpiper, dem laut Unternehmen größten #Spezialschiff zur Unterwasser-Felsinstallation.
Das 227 Meter lange Schiff verdoppelt die

'Largest subsea rock installation vessel in industry' to join Boskalis' fleet in 2026
Boskalis is set to welcome a new subsea rock installation vessel to its fleet in 2026, described as the largest such vessel in the industry.

"Woodside boss says young people ‘ideological’ on fossil fuels while ‘happily ordering from Temu’"
#FossilFuels #Climate #ClimateChange

“An assessment of updated National Climate and Energy Plans (NECPs) shows the EU is on course to achieve a 54 per cent emissions reduction by 2030 - just one per cent shy of its legally binding 55 per cent target.”
Fun fact, if Canada joined the EU it would probably hurt it from an emissions reduction perspective because Oil and Gas.
“It attributed the progress towards the 2030 goal to action in the energy sector, with renewables covering 24 per cent of energy consumption in the EU in 2023. Most member states are now aligned with the target of reaching a share of 42.5 per cent by 2030, according to the Commission.”
Weird how they don’t mention LNG as being a reason why Europe has been able to meet its goals. Almost like renewables are essentially the only way to decarbonize the industry, just like the scientists say it is.
“States have a legal obligation to deliver climate action, and the Commission has a clear responsibility to uphold and enforce EU law in response.”
Imagine Danielle Smith whining about unfair laws…
Wonder how much #bclmg Europe will be asking for…
#bcpoli #abpoli #climateAction #ClimateChange #climateEmergency #canpoli #cdnpoli
https://www.euronews.com/green/2025/05/28/eu-on-track-to-meet-2030-emissions-goal-thanks-to-strong-progress-on-renewables?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub