Post B2haRd69Mn7EtMud2e by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
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 (DIR) Post #B2haRahyFiaPTnaI4m by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
       2026-01-26T20:00:33Z
       
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       RE: https://toot.cafe/@baldur/115962093701299190I’d like to give a shout out to @gerrymcgovern for his book to be released on February 2 .I’m in the process of reading it.All of us here are well aware of his tireless efforts to raise awareness of the cost of AI and data center operations to our pocket books, our and the planet’s health.I’d like to encourage people to boost Baldur’s post. On mastodon people are the algorithm. Let’s do this.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2haRc3HFzDveAYovQ by gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green
       2026-01-26T20:19:29Z
       
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       @GhostOnTheHalfShell thanks! Much appreciated. 😀
       
 (DIR) Post #B2haRd69Mn7EtMud2e by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
       2026-01-26T22:33:25Z
       
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       @gerrymcgovern I’m settling into an old habit of binge reading plan to clear 100 pages today but I keep that up until I finish your book.The situation is way more out of control than I understood.I also appreciate having a better understanding of your own background.Your own life history allows you to straddle the world before in the world of now. It’s a rare perspective for people in modern society. .
       
 (DIR) Post #B2haReK0ojnYgePDHs by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
       2026-01-26T22:34:57Z
       
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       @gerrymcgovern A question to the para below: are you referring to refined materials or raw extraction? My instinct is to think that you are referring in this passage to refined materials…. In combination with the waist and refinement..OMG“ A typical electric car requires up to “six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a gas-fired plant,” the International Energy Association stated”
       
 (DIR) Post #B2haRf2K9zFAu58bM8 by gerrymcgovern@mastodon.green
       2026-01-27T05:46:02Z
       
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       @GhostOnTheHalfShell Both. The extraction is generally in proportion to the refined material. It's terrible isn't it. It's a huge front loading of harm by these so-called green and clean machines. No wonder we're in the middle of a devastating global mining boom.
       
 (DIR) Post #B2haRfjDaVYT37CrDM by GhostOnTheHalfShell@masto.ai
       2026-01-27T06:22:49Z
       
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       @gerrymcgovern Yeah, it’s just that you brought into the floor ground how stupid it all is.When I buy a new piece of technology, I use it for many years until it falls over. I’m glad I do but background price for it all. It’s absolutely insane.