31 points | by PaulHoule 2 days ago ago
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so 44 million tons of CO2 by 2030 from new gas turbines alone, and coal plants coming back online on top of that. Meta building a 5GW gas-powered campus while putting out sustainability reports is... a choice I guess.
None of this math works unless scaling returns hold forever. Not obvious that they will: https://philippdubach.com/posts/the-most-expensive-assumptio...
so 44 million tons of CO2 by 2030 from new gas turbines alone, and coal plants coming back online on top of that. Meta building a 5GW gas-powered campus while putting out sustainability reports is... a choice I guess.
None of this math works unless scaling returns hold forever. Not obvious that they will: https://philippdubach.com/posts/the-most-expensive-assumptio...