[ExI] bill gates commentary on climate change: wasRE: China and solar power

[spike at rainier66.com]

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From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of Adrian Tymes via extropy-chat
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>>... Adrian, keeping a data center or power station open thru a hurricane 
> is easy.  A hurricane is nothing more than a really windy day most of 
> the time...

>...When the wind blows the roof off the data center, then uses the opening to pick up the servers and scatter them hither and yon in broken disconnected pieces, that will hinder the data center's operations for a while...

Adrian do let me assure you: a data center will be built to withstand any hurricane and any tornado of any intensity.  If the contents are valuable enough, the extra expense will be paid.  I went to high school in a building specifically designed to withstand any hurricane.  The old high school was likewise built to last.  They had one hell of a time knocking it down.

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>> We can anticipate that in the coming decades, political thought leaders will recognize that climate change is irrelevant: that the Singularity will be here long before we notice anything amiss with the climate.

>...There are many political leaders making such noises about climate change today, without referencing the Singularity.

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Many of us today realize the world is gearing up for general warfare once again.  We had thirty years of relative peace.  Now we are in an all-out arms race for AI.  AI is power hungry.  EVs use power.  My logic tells me the S-alphas and S-betas would oppose EVs, since they compete with processors for a limited resource.

spike