Artificial Intelligence Means Farewell to “Net-Zero’ Fantasy
Posted to Energy August 13, 2025 by Peter Murphy
Artificial Intelligence is upon us, is here to stay, and is heading in one direction: more.
More AI means more electric power generation — a lot more.
“Green” or “renewable” energy is not going to cut it, no matter the fantasies of the climate-change doomsday crowd. That means the climate goals of “net-zero” carbon emissions by 2050, or whatever is the latest movable goal post set by the U.N., federal and state bureaucrats, is a dead letter.
Net-zero always was a farcical, unscientific and unrealistic dogma designed to reorder societies and increase government and bureaucratic control over the economy, with ever-diminishing freedom for individuals.
Artificial Intelligence requires large-scale computational capacity housed in data centers that require massive amounts of electrical power. According to a report by the RAND Corp. this year, AI data centers worldwide need more than 20 gigawatts of power to operate, which is twice the total capacity of the state of Utah and its more than 3.5 million people.
https://dcjournal.com/artificial-intelligence-means-farewell-to-net-zero-fantasy/
