The expansion of AI data centers causes immediate and serious environmental harm through high natural gas consumption.

AI Climate EnergySep 16, 2026score 2.632 posts · 211 replies across 2 instances

The user argues that the discourse surrounding existential AI risks is a distraction from the immediate environmental harms caused by AI infrastructure. Specifically, the posts highlight the high natural gas consumption required to power data centers.

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Parent: Artificial IntelligenceEntity: AI data centersSub-entity: natural gas consumptionImpact: negativeDate: Sep 16, 2026Target: AI data center expansion

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I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow 

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-14/us-data-centers-set-to-burn-more-natural-gas-than-most-nations

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@[email protected]

I'm just going to keep yelling this louder and louder until it clicks: weird overpaid AI nerds hand-wringing about human extinction are trying to distract you from the extremely deadly and serious harms they are causing yesterday, today and tomorrow 

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

64 boosts · 2 favs · 1 replies · Sep 16, 2026