@sandyjmacdonald.bsky.social
Stop stressing about the energy and carbon footprint of ChatGPT. It’s not a big deal www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/carbon-foo...
06.05.2025 08:23 — 👍 229 🔁 31 💬 25 📌 22
Image saying "Data here will vary based on many factors, but should give a rough idea of the carbon footprints of common activities. Data and references are available at the URL and QR code below: https://tinyurl.com/4kp4z7su "
You can find the data I used (collected May 2025) and references here: tinyurl.com/4kp4z7su Feel free to use these infographics however you like ! #ChatGPT #AI
6/6
This is aimed at being purely factual, and based on the best evidence I could find, and does not tackle any of the other emotive issues around data used to train models, the safety and ethics of AI, etc. #ChatGPT #AI
5/6
Image saying "A typical car owner creates 3,819g of CO2 emissions each day. That's over 100x the emissions of an average ChatGPT user!" Bar graph showing daily CO2 emissions of an average unleaded petrol car compared with typical daily ChatGPT use.
If you drive an unleaded petrol car, then the emissions are two orders of magnitude higher than the CO2 equaivalent of typical daily ChatGPT use. #ChatGPT #AI
4/6
Image saying "Making one cup of coffee creates the equivalent in CO2 emissions as 4.9 ChatGPT queries. Most people have three cups a day!"
Even making one cup of coffee (most people have 3 cups of tea or coffee a day) uses the equivalent of 4.9 ChatGPT queries in CO2 emissions. #ChatGPT #AI
3/6
Image saying "On average, people watch 46 minutes of TikTok per day. That's 3.8x the CO2 emissions of an average ChatGPT user."
Image saying "A typical YouTube user watches 49 minutes a day. Compared to an average ChatGPT user that's 4.1x more CO2 emissions."
Image saying "Browsing Instagram for just 1.5 minutes is the equivalent to one ChatGPT query. A typical Instagram user browses for 21.6x that each day."
Services that include streaming media like YouTube, TikTok, and Instagram, are especially bad for carbon emissions. Typical users spend ~30 to 45 minutes using each of them daily, and up to 4x the equivalent in CO2 emissions compared to avg. ChatGPT use. #ChatGPT #AI
2/6
Bar graph showing ChatGPT carbon emissions (35.2g daily) compared to other activities like YouTube (143.2g daily) and TikTok (133.8g daily).
Image saying "The average ChatGPT user makes about 8.2 queries per day. That's 35.2g of CO2 emissions."
Borne out of frustration at seeing so many posts about how bad ChatGPT was for the environment with little to no data to back it up, or rational comparisons to other common activities, I made some infographics. #ChatGPT #AI
1/6
Me walking out the amusement arcade after spending £500 on the claw machines.
02.03.2025 10:47 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
I’ve recently switched over to UniFi gear. I have the UCG Ultra, U6+, and a couple of little switches. Loving it so far.
21.01.2025 23:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
