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Big Oil's AI use could cause 13x more climate pollution than data centers

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A peer-reviewed study published in npj Climate Action reveals that Big Oil's utilization of AI for oil and gas production could result in significantly higher climate pollution compared to the energy consumed by AI data centers. The research indicates that this AI-driven oil and gas extraction might generate 3.3 to 13.3 times more climate pollution than powering the AI itself. AI

IMPACT Highlights the potential for AI to exacerbate climate change through increased fossil fuel extraction, rather than solely through energy consumption.

RANK_REASON The cluster reports on a peer-reviewed study published in a scientific journal. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=0.7]

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Big Oil's AI use could cause 13x more climate pollution than data centers

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    "a new peer reviewed study published in the journal npj Climate Action is shedding some alarming light." "Specifically, they found that Big Oil’s use of AI to p

    "a new peer reviewed study published in the journal npj Climate Action is shedding some alarming light." "Specifically, they found that Big Oil’s use of AI to produce more oil and gas could create 3.3 to 13.3 times more climate pollution than powering AI’s data centers." https://…

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