Commenter argues fossil fuel industry duped zoomers into fixating on datacenter emissions
cephaloform · x · 2026-09-28
- KeyTryer argues that one of the biggest PR wins for agriculture and fossil fuel industries this decade was convincing young people that datacenters are the real emissions problem, distracting from the industries' own footprint.
- The post pushes back on the "AI is harmful" narrative, suggesting environmental anxiety is being deliberately steered toward AI infrastructure.
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