r/EcoGPT

I want to be eco-conscious. I already do basics like recycling. But I want to do more than that.

This hit me last weekend. I was throwing out food that had gone off before I got to it. That felt like something I could actually fix, so I've started planning meals properly and keeping a container in the freezer for veg scraps to turn into stock later.

For anyone further in this journey, how do I start? Did you pick one habit and build from there? I want to do something that is sustainable, not like I do just for a month & leave.

UN report on Data Storage States: Data centers consumed 448 trillion watt-hours of electricity, more than all but 10 countries of the world, producing about 208 million tons (189 million metric tons) of carbon dioxide, about the same amount as Argentina

That consumed about 1.2 trillion gallons (4.5 trillion liters) of water. Land footprint was 6,900 square km (2,664 square miles) last year.

The Projection for 2030 is going off the roof. Do we even stand a chance to stop them to use our electricity, water?

There are companies that promote a lot about sustainability but do not act accordingly.

like Amazon pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across Amazon's entire business by 2040. In 2019, the year the pledge launched, 51.2 million metric tons. 2024: 68.25 million metric tons. Up 33 percent, by their own numbers.

Do you think they actually care about the environment, with AI driving up water and energy demand? Or about nature in general? Or is profit what they care about?

It's well documented at this point that the major AI companies run on data centers that actively make this worse, with more energy and more water every year, and the numbers only keep climbing. So how does everyone still use these tools day to day? I really think some majors changes are needed in AI consumption in order to keep AI as a sustainable technology. What do you think?