{"id":281373,"date":"2023-10-01T16:31:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-01T14:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281373"},"modified":"2023-10-01T16:31:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-01T14:31:17","slug":"the-ai-revolution-is-bad-news-for-net-zero-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=281373","title":{"rendered":"The AI revolution is bad news for Net Zero"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"351\" data-attachment-id=\"281382\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=281382\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00dreamstime_xxl_120656504-e1571837937336.jpg?fit=1200%2C583&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,583\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;5.6&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;sdecoret&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon EOS 7D&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;White woman humanoid on blurred background creating artificial intelligence 3D rendering&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1463852630&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;sdecoret&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;White woman humanoid creating artificial intelligence 3D renderi&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"White woman humanoid creating artificial intelligence 3D renderi\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;White woman humanoid on blurred background creating artificial intelligence 3D rendering&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00dreamstime_xxl_120656504-e1571837937336.jpg?fit=723%2C351&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00dreamstime_xxl_120656504-e1571837937336-1024x497.jpg?resize=723%2C351&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00dreamstime_xxl_120656504-e1571837937336.jpg?resize=1024%2C497&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00dreamstime_xxl_120656504-e1571837937336.jpg?resize=300%2C146&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00dreamstime_xxl_120656504-e1571837937336.jpg?resize=768%2C373&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00dreamstime_xxl_120656504-e1571837937336.jpg?resize=930%2C450&amp;ssl=1 930w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00dreamstime_xxl_120656504-e1571837937336.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">White woman humanoid on blurred background creating artificial intelligence 3D rendering<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CFACT<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/steve-goreham\/\">Steve Goreham<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"506\" data-attachment-id=\"281375\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=281375\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Big-data-servers.jpg?fit=827%2C579&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"827,579\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;66186168 - modern web network and internet telecommunication technology, big data storage and cloud computing computer service business concept: 3d render illustration of the server room interior in datacenter in blue light&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;scanrail\/123RF&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"00Big-data-servers\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;66186168 &amp;#8211; modern web network and internet telecommunication technology, big data storage and cloud computing computer service business concept: 3d render illustration of the server room interior in datacenter in blue light&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Big-data-servers.jpg?fit=723%2C506&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Big-data-servers.jpg?resize=723%2C506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Big-data-servers.jpg?w=827&amp;ssl=1 827w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Big-data-servers.jpg?resize=300%2C210&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/00Big-data-servers.jpg?resize=768%2C538&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">66186168 &#8211; modern web network and internet telecommunication technology, big data storage and cloud computing computer service business concept: 3d render illustration of the server room interior in datacenter in blue light<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm. New AI applications are announced daily. Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and many companies tout plans for artificial intelligence capabilities. But the AI revolution is bad news for global efforts to achieve net-zero emissions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The AI revolution is based on high-performance AI chips, which are capable of revolutionary levels of computer processing power and can sort through vast amounts of stored data. Multiple AI chips reside on each of dozens of boards, housed in endless racks of servers, which are sited in warehouse-sized AI data centers. While the rack of a conventional data center server draws roughly seven kilowatts of electricity, an AI server rack can&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ai-ready-data-centers-are-poised-for-fast-growth-fadae952\">use<\/a>&nbsp;up to 50 kilowatts of power.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spending on artificial intelligence infrastructure is projected to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ai-ready-data-centers-are-poised-for-fast-growth-fadae952\">grow<\/a>&nbsp;at a compound annual rate of 44 percent over the next six years. Total data center power requirements will increase by at least a factor of six and maybe by as much as ten times by 2029. Greenhouse gas emissions from AI data centers will increase by a similar amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The International Energy Agency&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/energy-system\/buildings\/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks\">estimates<\/a>&nbsp;that data centers account for one to 1.5 percent of world electricity use and are responsible for about one percent of energy-related greenhouse gas emissions. But the rapid growth of AI infrastructure, coupled with a jump in electricity consumption as power-hungry AI server racks replace conventional server racks, will cause carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from data centers to skyrocket. Artificial intelligence will become a major contributor to global CO2 emissions by 2030, contrary to Net Zero goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Proponents define Net Zero as an even balance between the amount of greenhouse gases emitted from human industrial processes and the amount removed from the atmosphere. They claim that we must attain Net Zero by 2050 to limit the rise in global temperatures to 1.5 degrees Celsius above the background temperature level of the 1800s. Wind turbines, solar panels, heat pumps, biofuels, hydrogen fuel, and carbon dioxide capture and storage are all promoted as tools to get us to Net Zero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But virtually nothing that our modern society does is \u201czero emissions.\u201d Building a house, for example, means cutting down trees for lumber; mining materials and manufacturing wire and components for electricity; producing plastic or copper for pipes; manufacturing drywall, roofing, brick, glass, concrete, and many other materials and emitting greenhouse gasses every step of the way. Manufacturing of household furnishings \u2014 such as furniture, appliances, and computers \u2014 also emits large quantities of CO2. Transportation of all these materials emits even more greenhouse gases. Even a grass hut isn\u2019t Net Zero. CO2 is released when you cut down grass and wood to build the hut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Net Zero is fundamentally a zero-growth ideology. The United Nations, International Energy Agency, and green movement leaders call for an eight percent reduction in world energy consumption by 2050. But energy consumption\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-Breakdown-Coming-Renewable-Failure\/dp\/0982499663\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=steve+goreham&amp;qid=1695394516&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\">increased<\/a>\u00a047 percent from 2000 to 2021. They call for a 40 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by 2030. But global CO2 emissions\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-Breakdown-Coming-Renewable-Failure\/dp\/0982499663\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=steve+goreham&amp;qid=1695394516&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\">increased<\/a>\u00a0by 44 percent from 2000 to 2021. The AI revolution and other societal development programs run contrary to Net Zero\u2019s zero-growth plans.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"448\" data-attachment-id=\"281377\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=281377\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-2.png?fit=1500%2C930&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1500,930\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-2.png?fit=723%2C448&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-2.png?resize=723%2C448&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-2.png?resize=1024%2C635&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-2.png?resize=300%2C186&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-2.png?resize=768%2C476&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-2.png?resize=1200%2C744&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-2.png?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-2.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"caption-attachment-7885657\">World Emissions and Energy 1965-2021. Courtesy of Steve Goreham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, about 700 million people do not have\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/world-energy-outlook-2020\">access<\/a>\u00a0to electricity. Another two billion people suffer from daily electrical power blackouts. If your home in the United States has an air conditioner, you\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Green-Breakdown-Coming-Renewable-Failure\/dp\/0982499663\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=steve+goreham&amp;qid=1695394516&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\">consume<\/a>\u00a0triple the electricity that is used by people in one-third of Earth\u2019s population. Net Zero demands for a global reduction in energy use run counter to history and common sense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"525\" data-attachment-id=\"281378\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=281378\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3.png?fit=1530%2C1110&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1530,1110\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3.png?fit=723%2C525&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3.png?resize=723%2C525&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281378\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3.png?resize=1024%2C743&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3.png?resize=300%2C218&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3.png?resize=768%2C557&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3.png?resize=1200%2C871&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3.png?w=1530&amp;ssl=1 1530w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-3.png?w=1446&amp;ssl=1 1446w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" id=\"caption-attachment-7885660\">Appliances and Nations Electricity. Courtesy of Steve Goreham.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Far away from artificial intelligence, the residents of developing nations lack many things that we take for granted in wealthy nations. People in the U.S. and Europe enjoy at least one vehicle for every two residents,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energy.gov\/eere\/vehicles\/fact-962-january-30-2017-vehicles-capita-other-regionscountries-compared-united\">compared<\/a>&nbsp;to fewer than four vehicles per 100 people in India and Africa. In sub-Saharan Africa, where daily temperatures often&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/africa-energy-outlook-2019\">exceed<\/a>&nbsp;86 degrees Fahrenheit, only one in sixteen people has air conditioning. Forty percent of these people don\u2019t even own a fan. As another example, residents in wealthy countries&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.iea.org\/reports\/the-future-of-petrochemicals\">use<\/a>&nbsp;about 20 times as much plastic as residents in undeveloped countries. The people of developing nations will choose economic growth and higher standards of living over the no-growth policies of Net Zero every single time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Driven by the expansion of new technologies like artificial intelligence and the need for economic growth in developing countries, there is zero chance that Net Zero will be achieved by 2050. Energy consumption and CO2 emissions will continue to rise for decades to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>This article originally appeared at&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2023\/09\/26\/goreham-artifical-intelligence-net-zero-climate\/\">The Daily Caller<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Author<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"360\" height=\"338\" data-attachment-id=\"281379\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=281379\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-4.png?fit=360%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"360,338\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-4.png?fit=360%2C338&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-4.png?resize=360%2C338&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-281379\" style=\"width:408px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-4.png?w=360&amp;ssl=1 360w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/image-4.png?resize=300%2C282&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cfact.org\/author\/steve-goreham\/\"><br>Steve Goreham<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Steve Goreham is a speaker, author, and independent columnist on energy, sustainability, climate change, and public policy. More than 100,000 copies of his books are now in print, including his latest, Outside the Green Box: Rethinking Sustainable Development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From \u00a0CFACT By\u00a0Steve Goreham Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm. New AI applications are announced daily. Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and many companies tout plans for artificial intelligence capabilities. But the AI revolution is bad news for global efforts to achieve net-zero emissions. The AI revolution is based on high-performance AI [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":281382,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the world by storm. New AI applications are announced daily. Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta, Microsoft, and many companies tout plans for artificial intelligence capabilities. 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