It turns out that high-tech demigods can’t get enough cheap land and energy on Earth to supply the phantasmagoric sprawl of data centers their AI hustle will demand.
Thank you, Edward Gardner, for a hearty laugh. I imagine Elon Musk has his minions calculating trajectories that will align the satellites so they create an image of his smirking face looking down upon us from the heavens.
It's not just the night sky that is affected: our water supply, our energy bills, our neighborhoods--data centers suck in sooo many ways. AND see NYT article today predicting that A1 will go bankrupt sooner rather than later, in spite of the massive push to support them by those very billionaires Mr. Hightower lists. Fair warning.
Corporations are a moving money fantasy, money is a government fantasy empowered by people who believe that it will shape the future into their imagining. Killer bankruptcy is the usual end of Corporate folly and the life of the planet suffers from the pecuniary greed inherent in the corporate economic system repeatedly. Journey to zero.
If the greedy oligarchists want to do a lasting legacy, how about they sacrifice themselves now, and launch themselves into orbit in a solar-powered sparkly reflective mummification suit. Then they could orbit the earth in shiny perpetuity for us all to see.
My son and I used to lie on our backs on a trampoline in the backyard and stargaze in wonder. Meteor showers were the best. We snuggled up in sleeping bags when it was cold. My son's grown and gone now. I take the dog out every night, and if the sky's clear I give the stars a long, luxurious look. Staring up into space beats the hell out of staring at a screen.
One of the huge tourism selling points of coming to the Adirondacks is the pristine aspect of our night skies. It's disappointing enough when mother nature obscures the stars with her clouds, can't fathom clouds of a corp reason
Suggested reading: The End of Reality by Jonathan Taplin. After reading it, I concluded that it should be subtitled: Beware the Four Horseman of Arrested Development.
Protect and Preserve our National Parks and Federal Lands! Not for sale or Lease! Don't work for a data center future. Money has power because people believe that it does, corpracats speak the number speak, then expect US to go with whom so ever sanctions the largest number of dollars, the ultimate bad spirit basis for deciding to do something. That's the corporate way. Watching "Cloud Atlas" with Jim Sturgis
On the bright side, space is freezing cold so they wouldn’t be spoiling our ground water, and they could use alternative renewable energy out of our sight instead of producing CO2 from Methane. While they are spoiling our view, they are giving us a view of their hypocrisy. We are currently fighting to stop data centers in Leon County , Texas.
Thank you for the timely warning, Jim. We had not heard about this one. But we know, of course, that to that crowd, money is God. Welcome to the Twilight Zone.
We all have an equal interest in the night sky. Everyone who thinks they can do more than their share of utilizing the night sky space is going to have to pay some serious perpetual space rental payments to the 8 billion night sky space holders, if they do that. Not to mention punative fees if they do that without prior permission.
Excel Energy, our energy provider, knowing this would happen asked for, and got, a rate hike. Four years ago, they knew. I hear people show up to their city councils to stop this eartly and startly rape.
Maybe we should name the new satellite constellation Burglar's Torch
Thank you, Edward Gardner, for a hearty laugh. I imagine Elon Musk has his minions calculating trajectories that will align the satellites so they create an image of his smirking face looking down upon us from the heavens.
It's not just the night sky that is affected: our water supply, our energy bills, our neighborhoods--data centers suck in sooo many ways. AND see NYT article today predicting that A1 will go bankrupt sooner rather than later, in spite of the massive push to support them by those very billionaires Mr. Hightower lists. Fair warning.
I am terrified. And not looking forward to paying for electricity to run these monstrosities
Corporations are a moving money fantasy, money is a government fantasy empowered by people who believe that it will shape the future into their imagining. Killer bankruptcy is the usual end of Corporate folly and the life of the planet suffers from the pecuniary greed inherent in the corporate economic system repeatedly. Journey to zero.
If the greedy oligarchists want to do a lasting legacy, how about they sacrifice themselves now, and launch themselves into orbit in a solar-powered sparkly reflective mummification suit. Then they could orbit the earth in shiny perpetuity for us all to see.
My son and I used to lie on our backs on a trampoline in the backyard and stargaze in wonder. Meteor showers were the best. We snuggled up in sleeping bags when it was cold. My son's grown and gone now. I take the dog out every night, and if the sky's clear I give the stars a long, luxurious look. Staring up into space beats the hell out of staring at a screen.
One of the huge tourism selling points of coming to the Adirondacks is the pristine aspect of our night skies. It's disappointing enough when mother nature obscures the stars with her clouds, can't fathom clouds of a corp reason
Got to get proactive here
Suggested reading: The End of Reality by Jonathan Taplin. After reading it, I concluded that it should be subtitled: Beware the Four Horseman of Arrested Development.
Protect and Preserve our National Parks and Federal Lands! Not for sale or Lease! Don't work for a data center future. Money has power because people believe that it does, corpracats speak the number speak, then expect US to go with whom so ever sanctions the largest number of dollars, the ultimate bad spirit basis for deciding to do something. That's the corporate way. Watching "Cloud Atlas" with Jim Sturgis
Love the CorpRaCats. Is that like the Demicans and the Republicrats?
On the bright side, space is freezing cold so they wouldn’t be spoiling our ground water, and they could use alternative renewable energy out of our sight instead of producing CO2 from Methane. While they are spoiling our view, they are giving us a view of their hypocrisy. We are currently fighting to stop data centers in Leon County , Texas.
God bless the amish
The earth is not dying, it is being killed, and those who are killing it have names and addresses.
~ Utah Phillips
Wow.
Thank you for the timely warning, Jim. We had not heard about this one. But we know, of course, that to that crowd, money is God. Welcome to the Twilight Zone.
I will circulate this to a few contacts that I have in Physics and Astronomy, though I'm sure they know about it already.
Surely EarthSky News will publish loudly on this issue??
We all have an equal interest in the night sky. Everyone who thinks they can do more than their share of utilizing the night sky space is going to have to pay some serious perpetual space rental payments to the 8 billion night sky space holders, if they do that. Not to mention punative fees if they do that without prior permission.
I'm not opposed to AI,however,like nuclear power,it needs to be controlled,monitored and overseen by citizens committees before it's abused.
Excel Energy, our energy provider, knowing this would happen asked for, and got, a rate hike. Four years ago, they knew. I hear people show up to their city councils to stop this eartly and startly rape.
Don't worry Jim. With Musk's record of exploding rockets, they will never get enough space junk up there to make any difference...