RegularJoe@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoMicrosoft buys more than a billion dollars’ worth of excrement, including human poop, to clean up its AI mess — company will pump waste underground to offset AI carbon emissionswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square63linkfedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down17
arrow-up1366arrow-down1external-linkMicrosoft buys more than a billion dollars’ worth of excrement, including human poop, to clean up its AI mess — company will pump waste underground to offset AI carbon emissionswww.tomshardware.comRegularJoe@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square63linkfedilink
minus-squareJhex@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·17 hours ago Then maybe the buried fertilizer will become so valuable that it can be dug out and sold as fertilizer again. I don’t see any problems with this plan ! except the part the planet may be uninhabitable for humans by then due to the massive CO2 we are spewing to get slop from AI… other than that, no problem at all
minus-squareinterdimensionalmeme@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·edit-215 hours agoSure, sure but ! “Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.”
except the part the planet may be uninhabitable for humans by then due to the massive CO2 we are spewing to get slop from AI…
other than that, no problem at all
Sure, sure but !
“Yes, the planet got destroyed. But for a beautiful moment in time we created a lot of value for shareholders.”