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900k is a large plane flying from Dallas to Sydney and back
by dosinga 11mo ago
900k is a large plane flying from Dallas to Sydney and back
- infecto 11mo agoFor some reason that math does not seem correct.
- simianwords 11mo agoThe real math is that it is equivalent to ~3000 - 5000 10 hour flights.
- entuno 11mo agoI don't know how much a fully laden "large plane" weighs, but it's nowhere near 450,000 tons. Which means that the claim it releases 450,000 tons of CO2 on a single flight is clearly bollocks.
- amirhirsch 11mo agoWhat if the goal of writing about how “AI is bad for the environment” (because of the energy and water it uses) is to identify gullible people and on-ramp them into a lifetime of media manipulation?
- dahart 11mo agoOTOH, what if the goal of downplaying the environmental risks is to try to make people gullible and stop caring and spend more of their money now and ignore the consequences, as industrialization has been doing for a couple of centuries?
- simianwords 11mo agoincorrect. It is 900k tonnes so multiply your estimate by 1000.
- cluckindan 11mo agoNo, that would be closer to 2,000 tons of co2 emissions. So 450 large planes flying that route.