Vegan for one month offsets 3 years of heavy AI use, calculator claims
Kilroy_jensen · reddit · 2026-10-07
A Reddit user built a calculator (prompt-and-plate.com) comparing AI's carbon footprint with dietary choices: for a heavy AI user (including amortized training costs), one month of veganism offsets about 3 years of AI use; for a typical user, around 45 years.
- The tool breaks down carbon equivalents and animal lives saved, with expandable details
- The author invites scrutiny of the numbers — a counterintuitive way to contextualize AI's environmental cost
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