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      <title>AI Footprint</title>
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      <description>&lt;![CDATA[AI Footprint&#xA;&#xA;This is well-known about, but not enough discussion around the subject.&#xA;&#xA;iframe width=&#34;560&#34; height=&#34;315&#34; src=&#34;https://www.youtube.com/embed/1oPSHRTUXg?si=xY7DUziHpLoYebQK&#34; title=&#34;YouTube video player&#34; frameborder=&#34;0&#34; allow=&#34;accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share&#34; referrerpolicy=&#34;strict-origin-when-cross-origin&#34; allowfullscreen/iframe&#xA;&#xA;Links&#xA;&#xA;The attribution problem of a seemingly intangible industry&#xA;Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE)&#xA;  IWE Mastodon&#xA;16/3/2025 - Related Trump Plan to Use EPA to Promote AI Could Harm the Climate and Drive Up Electric Bills  &#xA;Elon Musk Reportedly Doing Something Horrid to Power His AI Data Center&#xA;&#xA;Tags&#xA;&#xA;#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #Sustainability #Environment #ClimateChange #SustainableAI #GreenTech #TechForGood #Innovation #ResponsibleAI #DigitalTransformation #EthicalAI #RenewableEnergy&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>AI Footprint</p>

<p>This is well-known about, but not enough discussion around the subject.</p>

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<ul><li><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2667010024001690" rel="nofollow">The attribution problem of a seemingly intangible industry</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.iwe.uni-bonn.de" rel="nofollow">Institute for Science and Ethics (IWE)</a>
<ul><li><a href="https://mastodon.social/@iwe_bonn" rel="nofollow">IWE Mastodon</a></li></ul></li>
<li><a href="https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/14/trump-plan-to-use-epa-to-promote-ai-could-harm-the-climate-and-drive-up-electric-bills/" rel="nofollow">16/3/2025 – Related Trump Plan to Use EPA to Promote AI Could Harm the Climate and Drive Up Electric Bills</a><br></li>
<li><a href="https://futurism.com/elon-musk-memphis-illegal-generators" rel="nofollow">Elon Musk Reportedly Doing Something Horrid to Power His AI Data Center</a></li></ul>

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      <pubDate>Mon, 14 Apr 2025 14:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Novel food solutions for a more sustainable future - CNA</title>
      <link>https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/novel-food-solutions-for-a-more-sustainable-future-cna</link>
      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Novel food solutions for a more sustainable future - CNA&#xA;&#xA;Interesting article from Channel News Asia (CNA) on sustainable food production.&#xA;``&#xA;As climate change and disasters jeopardise food security, could the switch to alternative proteins be the solution to the region’s need for a sustainable food ecosystem? Money Mind reports.&#xA;``&#xA;&#xA;Looks like some good innovation here.  This was posted by GreenPeace [1] to Mastodon.  The article [2] is worth reading so I am not going to try and paraphrase and sum up here as the message could end up getting lost that way.  If you are not sure what Jackfruit are, I have also included a link to a BBC Food page on this [3].   &#xA;&#xA;I wasn&#39;t however aware that rice production was being affected by climate change. This really isn&#39;t good given how widespread rice is,  for so many in Asia. &#xA;&#xA;iframe src=&#34;https://newsbots.eu/@Greenpeace/106764153713665203/embed&#34; class=&#34;mastodon-embed&#34; style=&#34;max-width: 100%; border: 0&#34; width=&#34;400&#34; allowfullscreen=&#34;allowfullscreen&#34;/iframe&#xA;&#xA;Links&#xA;&#xA;1 Greenpeace Mastodon&#xA;2 Article on sustainable food&#xA;3 JackFruit BBC news&#xA;Channel News Asia&#xA;&#xA;Tags&#xA;&#xA;#GreemPeace,#Food,#Sustainability,#Environment,#Solutions,Asia,#Rice,#Climate,#JackFruit,#Research,#Solutions&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Novel food solutions for a more sustainable future – CNA</p>

<p>Interesting article from Channel News Asia (CNA) on sustainable food production.
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As climate change and disasters jeopardise food security, could the switch to alternative proteins be the solution to the region’s need for a sustainable food ecosystem? Money Mind reports.
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<p>Looks like some good innovation here.  This was posted by GreenPeace [1] to Mastodon.  The article [2] is worth reading so I am not going to try and paraphrase and sum up here as the message could end up getting lost that way.  If you are not sure what Jackfruit are, I have also included a link to a BBC Food page on this [3].</p>

<p>I wasn&#39;t however aware that rice production was being affected by climate change. This really isn&#39;t good given how widespread rice is,  for so many in Asia.</p>

<iframe src="https://newsbots.eu/@Greenpeace/106764153713665203/embed" class="mastodon-embed" style="max-width: 100%; border: 0" width="400" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe>

<p><strong>Links</strong></p>

<p>1 <a href="https://qoto.org/web/accounts/247786" rel="nofollow">Greenpeace Mastodon</a>
2 <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sustainability/novel-food-solutions-more-sustainable-future-2110796" rel="nofollow">Article on sustainable food</a>
3 <a href="https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/glossary/jackfruit-glossary" rel="nofollow">JackFruit BBC news</a>
4. <a href="https://www.channelnewsasia.com" rel="nofollow">Channel News Asia</a></p>

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      <pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2021 20:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
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      <title>Framework Laptop.</title>
      <link>https://personaljournal.ca/paulsutton/framework-laptop</link>
      <description>&lt;![CDATA[Framework Laptop.&#xA;&#xA;Another great find on Mastodon / Fediverse.  A laptop that is sustainable and upgradable.&#xA;&#xA;Looks like another good project and great that we are seeing more products like this.&#xA;&#xA;Frame Work Laptop&#xA;&#xA;REFERENCES&#xA;&#xA;Frame Work Laptop&#xA;&#xA;TAGS&#xA;&#xA;#YearOfTheFediverse,#Laptop,#Computer,#Upgrade,#OwnedByYou,#Sustainability&#xA;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xA;&#xA;img src=&#34;https://socialhub.activitypub.rocks/uploads/default/original/1X/6aac842b7ff5c58385a02f3a131c259281be88c8.png&#34; target=&#34;_blank&#34; &#xA;&#xA;a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;img alt=&#34;Creative Commons Licence&#34; style=&#34;border-width:0&#34; src=&#34;https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/88x31.png&#34; //abr /This work is licensed under a a rel=&#34;license&#34; href=&#34;http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/&#34;Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License/a&#xA;&#xA;hr&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;table&#xD;&#xA;thead&#xD;&#xA;trtda rel=&#34;me&#34; href=&#34;https://qoto.org/@zleap&#34;Mastodon/a/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://wiki.ircnow.org/?n=Shelllabs.Intro&#34;ShellLabs/td&#xD;&#xA;tda href=&#34;https://joinmastodon.org/&#34;Join Mastodon/a/td/tr/thead/table&#xD;&#xA;center&#xD;&#xA;AI statement : b Consent is NOT granted to use the content of this blog for the purposes of AI training or similar activity.  Consent CANNOT be assumed, it has to be granted. /b&#xD;&#xA;/center&#xD;&#xA;&#xD;&#xA;a href=&#34;https://liberapay.com/PaulSutton/donate&#34;img alt=&#34;Donate using Liberapay&#34; src=&#34;https://liberapay.com/assets/widgets/donate.svg&#34;/a&#xD;&#xA;]]&gt;</description>
      <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Framework Laptop.</p>

<p>Another great find on Mastodon / Fediverse.  A laptop that is sustainable and upgradable.</p>

<p>Looks like another good project and great that we are seeing more products like this.</p>
<ul><li><a href="https://frame.work/" rel="nofollow">Frame Work Laptop</a></li></ul>

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