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Massive Energy Needs of AI & Cryptocurrencies Lead Amazon, Google & Microsoft to Embrace Nuclear Power (www.democracynow.org)
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November 19, 2024

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[–] Valmond@lemmy.world 2 points 25 minutes ago

Can they embrace the uranium directly?

[–] arsCynic@beehaw.org 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

Crypto Cult Science
“Money corrupts; bitcoin corrupts absolutely. Disregarding all of bitcoin's shortcomings, a financial instrument that brings out the worst in people—greed—won't change the world for the better.” —https://www.arscyni.cc/file/crypto_cult_science.html

[–] Sibbo@sopuli.xyz 11 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

And they are surely paying for the thousands of years of waste storage necessary?

[–] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 10 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

When a radioactive rock is stored in a cave somewhere instead of pumping the atmosphere full of CO2: 🤬🤬🤬

[–] MrMakabar@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 hour ago

When a radioactive roch is stored in a cave somewhere instead of stopping to produce crypto currencies: 🤬🤬🤬

[–] madejackson@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

At least co2 doesn't shoot at me when i get too close /joke

[–] oce@jlai.lu 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Wouldn't it be an obvious part of the price they will pay for the electricity? The electricity producer or whatever intermediate in charge of the waste, will bill its work for waste storage, and it will end up on the bill of the energy consumer. What am I missing?

[–] metaStatic@kbin.earth 1 points 1 hour ago

over half a century of fear mongering from the nuclear industry itself to upsell safety systems