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CoopersDad

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4. Natural Gas powered AI will tell us it's a good thing.

Reply to efhmc (Reply #1)

Fri Apr 4, 2025, 01:01 PM

Apr 4

Isn't technology wonderful?

Converting an old coal plant to less filthy gas and not a good thing because it's still a fossil fuel.

The tech sector is in a panic looking for ways to greenwash their impact on our need to become carbon free in the energy mix.

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