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← Reducing emissions intensity per unit of production does not by itself lower total emissions if output volume rises.

17 connected korrents · 15 moments from 13 Dec 1968 to 18 Oct 2026. Nearly all of them are about energy.

Everything filed under climate change climate change Everything filed under nuclear power nuclear power Everything filed under solar solar Everything filed under sustainability sustainability Everything filed under data centers data centers Everything filed under AI and jobs AI and jobs Everything filed under the cloud the cloud Same subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subjectSame subject Read this korrent: Reducing emissions intensity per unit of production does not by itself lower total emissions if output volume rises. Reducing emissions intensity per unit ofproduction does not by itself lower totalemissions if output volume rises. Last stated 3 months ago 19 Aug 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-08-19 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI's use by the fossil fuel industry to boost oil and gas production creates several times more climate pollution than powering AI's data centers does. — tap to centre the map on it AI's use by the fossil fuel industryto boost oil and gas productioncreates several times more climatepollution than powering AI's datacenters does. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Aug 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: "Carbon intensity" metrics let oil companies claim climate progress even as their total emissions rise from increased production. — tap to centre the map on it "Carbon intensity" metrics let oilcompanies claim climate progresseven as their total emissions risefrom increased production. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Biofuels have probably raised greenhouse gas emissions rather than lowered them, once the land they take is counted. — tap to centre the map on it Biofuels have probably raisedgreenhouse gas emissions rather thanlowered them, once the land theytake is counted. Last stated 3 years ago 5 Sept 2023 HR Hannah Ritchie — holds since 2023-09-05 — tap for who they are MG Michael Grunwald — holds since 2023-06-06 — tap for who they are Same subject: AI's climate benefit from aiding renewable energy only cancels out its harm from aiding fossil fuel production if it boosts renewables several times more than it boosts fossil fuels. — tap to centre the map on it AI's climate benefit from aidingrenewable energy only cancels outits harm from aiding fossil fuelproduction if it boosts renewablesseveral times more than it boostsfossil fuels. Last stated 3 months ago 12 Aug 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-08-12 — tap for who they are Same subject: Data centers are not AI's biggest climate problem; fossil fuel companies' use of AI tools to boost oil and gas production is. — tap to centre the map on it Data centers are not AI's biggestclimate problem; fossil fuelcompanies' use of AI tools to boostoil and gas production is. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: Needing fewer people per unit of output does not mean a company ends up employing fewer people. — tap to centre the map on it Needing fewer people per unit ofoutput does not mean a company endsup employing fewer people. Last stated 3 months ago 2 Aug 2026 TV Tom Verrilli — holds since 2026-08-02 — tap for who they are Same subject: Cloud providers' AI tools are being used by oil companies to increase fossil fuel production. — tap to centre the map on it Cloud providers' AI tools are beingused by oil companies to increasefossil fuel production. Last stated 2 months ago 9 Sept 2026 EA Emily Atkin — holds since 2026-09-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: The carbon intensity of the electricity grid, not compute efficiency, is the lever that matters most for AI's climate impact. — tap to centre the map on it The carbon intensity of theelectricity grid, not computeefficiency, is the lever thatmatters most for AI's climateimpact. Last stated 3 months ago 5 Aug 2026 ZH Zeke Hausfather — holds since 2026-08-05 — tap for who they are Same subject: A solar panel is a manufactured object that produces wealth rather than consuming it, at a hundred times the rate of the best farmland. — tap to centre the map on it A solar panel is a manufacturedobject that produces wealth ratherthan consuming it, at a hundredtimes the rate of the best farmland. Last stated 2 years ago 9 Nov 2024 CH Casey Handmer — holds since 2024-11-09 — tap for who they are Same subject: A spacecraft built to service satellites is also a weapon, because the same robotic arm that refuels one can disable one. — tap to centre the map on it A spacecraft built to servicesatellites is also a weapon, becausethe same robotic arm that refuelsone can disable one. Last stated 3 years ago 25 Mar 2024 BC Brian G. Chow — holds since 2024-03-25 — tap for who they are Same subject: A transition to wind and solar power could reduce the likelihood of war. — tap to centre the map on it A transition to wind and solar powercould reduce the likelihood of war. Last stated 3 weeks ago 18 Oct 2026 BM Bill McKibben — holds since 2026-10-18 — tap for who they are Same subject: America stopped building reactors because Three Mile Island was mismanaged as a public-relations event, not because anyone was harmed by it. — tap to centre the map on it America stopped building reactorsbecause Three Mile Island wasmismanaged as a public-relationsevent, not because anyone was harmedby it. Last stated 3 months ago 15 Aug 2026 IT Isaiah Taylor — holds since 2026-08-15 — tap for who they are Same subject: Germany must stop the deal letting Russia's state nuclear company back into its fuel-element supply. — tap to centre the map on it Germany must stop the deal lettingRussia's state nuclear company backinto its fuel-element supply. Last stated 3 months ago 23 Jul 2026 FB Franziska Brantner — holds since 2026-07-23 — tap for who they are Same subject: Making AI safe is unlike making a nuclear reactor safe, because AI keeps changing and reacting to the safety measures — tap to centre the map on it Making AI safe is unlike making anuclear reactor safe, because AIkeeps changing and reacting to thesafety measures Last stated 3 years ago 11 Jan 2024 YH Yuval Noah Harari — holds since 2024-01-11 — tap for who they are Same subject: A finite world can support only a finite population, so population growth must eventually reach zero — tap to centre the map on it A finite world can support only afinite population, so populationgrowth must eventually reach zero Last stated 58 years ago 13 Dec 1968 GH Garrett Hardin — holds since 1968-12-13 — tap for who they are Same subject: A primitive science of insect control has armed itself with modern weapons and turned them against the earth — tap to centre the map on it A primitive science of insectcontrol has armed itself with modernweapons and turned them against theearth RC Rachel Carson — holds since c. 1962 — tap for who they are Same subject: A romantic, low-yield farming system would need far more land and would produce more hunger, not less. — tap to centre the map on it A romantic, low-yield farming systemwould need far more land and wouldproduce more hunger, not less. Last stated 3 years ago 28 May 2023 GM George Monbiot — holds since 2023-05-28 — tap for who they are
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At the centre Reducing emissions intensity per unit of production does not by itself lower total emissions if output volume rises. Last stated 19 Aug 2026 · 3 months ago Holds Emily Atkin Read this korrent →