Strypey on Nostr: Afterthought: The generational "AI" boom is like the biofuel boom of the early ...
Afterthought:
The generational "AI" boom is like the biofuel boom of the early noughties. Why? Consider this.
45% of corn cropland in the US is made into ethanol;
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/corn-and-other-feedgrains/feedgrains-sector-at-a-glance/
This is happening because the US govt have been sudsibising over-production of corn for decades. See Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma, and the work of David Blume, author of Alcohol Can Be a Gas.
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The generational "AI" boom is like the biofuel boom of the early noughties. Why? Consider this.
45% of corn cropland in the US is made into ethanol;
https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/crops/corn-and-other-feedgrains/feedgrains-sector-at-a-glance/
This is happening because the US govt have been sudsibising over-production of corn for decades. See Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma, and the work of David Blume, author of Alcohol Can Be a Gas.
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