Introduction: Renewable energy sources are becoming more popular due to their cost-effectiveness, environmental friendliness and sustainability. Solar, wind| Times Blogs
Each time someone interacts with a large language model (LLM), there is an energy cost in running the model for inference. In addition, there is an energy cost in the preparation and training of the model before it was brought to production. It is relatively easy to look at these costs in terms of kilowatt-hours (kWh), but it is hard to compare that to the alternative use of human time. To write a text like this one, the process involves a human and a computer running a word processor. If an ...| Communications of the ACM
Blog 'We Built the Technosphere. Now We Must Resist It' Andrew Nikiforuk - In the 19th century the Austrian geologist Eduard Suess...| Local Futures
I look at the rise and fall of the British and US empires, measured in terms of their share of world energy consumption.| Economics from the Top Down
Alon Tal summarises his new publication "The Environmental Impacts of Overpopulation", summarising population's effect on global challenges| The Overpopulation Project
Part 1: A gigantic Ponzi scheme| thehonestsorcerer.substack.com
Egypt's strategic location and role as a key energy supplier make it vital for Türkiye's regional influence and energy security| Türkiye Today
The world is in metacrisis. That means that many crises are occurring simultaneously and affecting one another. This calls for rethinking the nature of problem-solving. Root causes should be identified rather than merely treating their symptoms. Traditionally, problems have been tackled in isolation. That approach has led to the metacrisis.…| Art Berman
Efficiency isn't a tool for conserving energy --- it's a catalyst for technological sprawl.| Economics from the Top Down
