Comment on When it comes to total water use, AI data centers are a drop in the bucket
TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 day agoEnvironmentalists have been decrying the levels of water use at golf courses and on traditional lawns for literally decades. If you take the self-reported figures from the behemoth tech companies and compare it to the worst industrial wastes of clean drinking water or to entire nations worth of water usage, the tech companies seem small. That doesnt make their impact any less significant, but it does make this a greenwashing rag.
Media literacy isnt about having a curated list of trusted sources that you take as gospel, it’s about critically reading, understanding, and questioning the content before determining meaning and impact.
Powderhorn@beehaw.org 1 day ago
I chortle at your attempt to teach a two-decade newspaper editor “media literacy.” I’m fine with – and agree with – your point through “less significant” … but you aren’t backing up your “greenwashing rag” conclusion. It appears to be pure opinion, not analysis.