Comment by BiteCode_dev

I still haven't seen anybody demonstrating we have to do such thing.

We do have to spent a bit of each for any new tech advancement, but the alarmist, disproportionate claim you make is really not helping.

ArcelorMittal Dunkirk rolling & steel complex alone is ~450–550 hectares (more than colussus) and consume 2.23 TWh/year (colussus is ~2.6 TWh/year at 300 MW continuous load) and of course, water consumption for metal working is gigantic.

That's just ONE single facility in France.

I don't think anybody who understands the basics of civilization would want to go back before the Industrial Revolution.

Tech has a cost, and you usually pay a lot more at the begining of creating it.

Does it cause problems? Sure. Should we take it very seriously? Definitely.

But just repeating internet outrage is not a way to make good decisions.