The people who pollute our world with excessive emissions from private jets will pollute, whether either of us take shorter showers or not.
The solution for excessive emissions is not to pressure ourselves into saving a litre of water at a personal level, because LLM datacentres consume megalitres per day.
If any of us feel better saving some water at a personal level, that is still a good thing.
But we should go beyond that. Go for the throat. Put pressure where it matters and effect change that makes a significant difference.
I’d like to address this view.
In truth this opinion isn’t about showers at all.
The people who pollute our world with excessive emissions from private jets will pollute, whether either of us take shorter showers or not.
The solution for excessive emissions is not to pressure ourselves into saving a litre of water at a personal level, because LLM datacentres consume megalitres per day.
If any of us feel better saving some water at a personal level, that is still a good thing.
But we should go beyond that. Go for the throat. Put pressure where it matters and effect change that makes a significant difference.