https://www.iea.org/energy-system/transport/aviation#tracking

I think it’s only the state charges. Feds are yet to have their turn.

https://lmgtfy2.com/query/?q=IEA
Like I said, the IEA. The International Energy Agency. I wonder if you’ve heard of them.

You can throw scepticism as much as you like, dude, but
(1) I did not lie and
(2) your website is unreliable. Give it up.

Again. LLMs are crap, they spout falsehoods all the time, they use unreasonably large amounts of data, but the airline industry pollutes a LOT more.

I begin to wonder whether your website was itself written by an LLM.

I checked. The IEA says airlines generate about a gigaton of CO2, and it’s still growing since the dip of covid, which is perhaps where your infographic authors got their screwy figures, which are, like I suggested, the wrong order of magnitude.

Picked at random, It also claims this:

Why does nighttime AI use burn dirtier energy? Fossil fuel dominance: Coal and gas supply up to 90% of overnight electricity. Solar drop-off: Solar disappears after sunset, while wind delivers only ~30% capacity at night. Peak carbon hours: Between 2–4 AM, grid intensity rises to 450–650 gCO₂/kWh, compared to 200–300 gCO₂/kWh in the afternoon.

This is complete bullshit in the UK, where energy is greenest in the small hours of the night when demand is low and the wind turbines are still turning. Least green and most expensive is late afternoon and evening, when energy usage spikes.

Let me reiterate. AI is crap. AI is a massive waste of energy, but your website has its calculations off in terms of order of magnitude when it comes to comparing the airline industry pushing tons of metal fast and hard into and through the sky with AI pushing a bunch of electrons through a bunch of transistors. Seriously, way off.

Just because something has a pretty infographic doesn’t make it true.

Absolutely. I watched a great video explaining how it does it and felt like I understood for five minutes, and I know it’s something about putting loops through loops through loops forever, and yes it absolutely does unravel if it’s not secured at both ends, but the way it threads the new loop through the old loop with a wheel that keeps turning in the same direction all the time, that is just pure magic and has no right to be possible in regular three dimensional reality.

Yeah, AI is shit and a massive waste of energy, but it’s NOTHING compared to the energy usage of the airline industry.

Be careful what you wish for.

Larry Tesler, inventor of the cut, copy, and paste commands, dies at 74

Russia has not been communist for quite a while now. Putin may have cut his teeth in the communist party, but Russia under Putin is an oligarchy.

The only thing you should put in your anus is your elbow.

No, wait, that’s ears.

The only thing you should put in your anus is your ear.

No, no, that’s still not right.

The only think you should put in your anus is something with a flared base.*

*If you’re worrying about whether your boyfriend’s penis has a flared base and you can’t find a tape measure, recall that most penises are not readily detachable, and most boyfriends have hips wider than their penis, so you’re in the clear.

If you’re worried that this advice doesn’t apply simply because you don’t have a boyfriend, there’s an app for that.

Funniest meme of the day.

2016 also had Brexit and Trump winning at the ballot box

Hang in there. All the best for getting all good with everything.

Honestly pretty good. Family’s good, work is good. Can’t complain really. Although I’m British, so the phrase “mustn’t grumble” is to be used with a degree of resentment. Wait - I’ve got it - of course! The weather! It’s been pretty rubbish this summer. Too hot, too cold, too dry, now too wet. That’s better.

Heyyy! Dharma Curious! Long time no interaction! I can’t remember what comm we interacted in, what we said, whether it was before I moved instance to .world, or why I like you, but I do, and it’s good to see your name on my screen again. Hope you’re doing good.

(Me too, by the way.)

Er, sorry dude/dudette, I’m off to bed very soon.

I like your style.

No. Do you have sex during sex scenes?