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[–] Steve@communick.news 6 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

It's not overly complicated. That energy transition money will always be there waiting. In the mean time, there are better margins to be had continuing to pull resources out of the ground. Once that's truly tapped out and the expense ratio shifts, so will they.

The AI thing is separate. Those are different people.

[–] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Well the AI thing just happens to increase demand for giga-lots more electricity, making fossil fueled / nuclear power plants a nescessity.

[–] Steve@communick.news 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 3 weeks ago

True. Just a happy accident...