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		faitswulff on July 30, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Calculating the cost of a Google DeepMind paper I wonder how many tons of CO2 that amounts to. Google Gemini estimated 125,000 tons of carbon emissions, but I don’t have the know-how to double check it.

chazeon on July 30, 2024 [–]

If you use solar energy, then there is no CO2 emission. Right?

ipsum2 on July 30, 2024 | [–]

Google buys carbon credits to make up for CO2 emissions, they've never relied strictly on solar.

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