#34 GenAI is costing us Earth-Years

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³Greenhouse Gas Emissions from a Typical Passenger Vehicle | US EPA. (2024, August 23). US EPA. https://www.epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle#typical-passenger