Earth Day, turn those amps OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Related: MIT’s Article about AI Power Needs

https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/05/20/1116327/ai-energy-usage-climate-footprint-big-tech

By 2028, the researchers estimate, the power going to AI-specific purposes will rise to between 165 and 326 terawatt-hours per year. That’s more than all electricity currently used by US data centers for all purposes; it’s enough to power 22% of US households each year. That could generate the same emissions as driving over 300 billion miles—over 1,600 round trips to the sun from Earth.

The researchers were clear that adoption of AI and the accelerated server technologies that power it has been the primary force causing electricity demand from data centers to skyrocket after remaining stagnant for over a decade. Between 2024 and 2028, the share of US electricity going to data centers may triple, from its current 4.4% to 12%.

Well i shut all my equipment down ,after I'm done using it...

This is as serious a subject as it can be.

I don't fly, I stopped driving on a daily basis, I buy little stuff, I don't eat much.

I think, I have the right to keep my tube amp on as much as I like.

This is as serious a subject as it can be. 
 

@inna Yes it is. People’s responses here are quite revelatory about their selfs. Given the enormity of the world’s problems against just wanting to get through your day and grappling with it all leads to the want of comfort. Like listening to music. 

I often will listen during warm up. When the bloom comes. Ahhhhh.