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@MaddieM4 @Npars01 @cwebber At the macro scale, it’s a drop in the bucket in terms of global energy consumption, but you have to also look at the local effects these data centers have on communities and the local environments, and these can be disastrous.

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Chip Butty

@otfrom@functional.cafe · 3 hours ago

@ramsey @MaddieM4 @Npars01 @cwebber 2.5%-7% is more than a drop

https://scholar.social/@wim_v12e/116590916011208622

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Nicole Parsons

@Npars01@mstdn.social · 2 hours ago

@otfrom @ramsey @MaddieM4 @cwebber

The Iran war is accelerating the switch beyond 7%.

Many nations are reaching carbon emissions goals early as a result. It's either that or face economic disaster as Trump's fossil fuel allies toy with WW3

https://www.cleanenergywire.org/factsheets/germanys-greenhouse-gas-emissions-and-climate-targets

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/07/iran-war-oil-phase-out-fossil-fuels

https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/eu-plans-iran-war-energy-climate-nature-news-april-2026/

https://www.energypolicy.columbia.edu/zero-what-the-iran-war-means-for-the-energy-transition/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/11/china-co2-emissions-flat-or-falling-for-past-18-months-analysis-finds

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/apr/25/chris-bowen-iran-war-oil-shock-climate-negotiations

the Guardian

Cop negotiations chief on how Iran war oil shock paves road to climate talks in Turkey

Exclusive: As countries meet at key climate crisis meetings, Australia’s Chris Bowen says war underlines need to move away from fossil fuels

Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA | CGEP

Zero: What the Iran War Means for the Energy Transition - Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University SIPA | CGEP

Many consider a widespread war in the Middle East the worst-case scenario for the global oil and gas market. That war is here, and it could have wide-ranging, long-lasting impacts on energy and climate policy. This week on Zero, Akshat Rathi speaks with Jason Bordoff to try to understand what those impacts could look like.

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Clean Energy Wire

Q&A: Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions and energy transition targets | Clean Energy Wire

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the Guardian

A new economic superpower could spark a global retreat from fossil fuels | Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope

Eighty-five countries have sought a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels. A conference this month offers hope they could unite

the Guardian

China’s CO2 emissions have been flat or falling for past 18 months, analysis finds

World’s biggest polluter on track to hit peak emissions target early but miss goal for cutting carbon intensity

Wim🧮

@wim_v12e@scholar.social · 3 hours ago

@ramsey @MaddieM4 @Npars01 @cwebber
Currently it's about 2.5% of the global electricity production. With the projected growth, by 2030 it would be about to 7%, if they are all grid-powered. But increasingly new developments consider being directly gas powered. So in terms of electricity use it could be less but emissions could go up disproportionately as a result.