Reygle@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agoWhether you use AI, think it's a "fun stupid thing for memes", or even ignore it, you should know it's already polluting worse than global air travel.archive.isexternal-linkmessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1613arrow-down195file-text
arrow-up1518arrow-down1external-linkWhether you use AI, think it's a "fun stupid thing for memes", or even ignore it, you should know it's already polluting worse than global air travel.archive.isReygle@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 days agomessage-square130fedilinkfile-text
archive.is link to article from allabout.ai at https://www.allaboutai.com/resources/ai-statistics/ai-environment/
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·4 days ago300,000 liters of jet fuel to send one 747 across the Atlantic Ocean - one time.
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoFor modern planes 70 - 90k liter… it’s bad enough, no need to exaggerate
minus-squareMangoCats@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoAs of July 2025, approximately 424 Boeing 747 aircraft are in active airline service
minus-squareKeenFlame@feddit.nulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·17 hours ago…and I take it they burn three hundred thousand litres to run the Atlantic as well?
300,000 liters of jet fuel to send one 747 across the Atlantic Ocean - one time.
For modern planes 70 - 90k liter… it’s bad enough, no need to exaggerate
As of July 2025, approximately 424 Boeing 747 aircraft are in active airline service
…and I take it they burn three hundred thousand litres to run the Atlantic as well?