The bubble may well burst when the corporations are denied the enormous quantity of energy that they claim they need "to innovate". From TFA:
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Mr Pichai said action was needed, including in the UK, to develop new sources of energy and scale up energy infrastructure.
"You don't want to constrain an economy based on energy, and I think that will have consequences," he said.
He also acknowledged that the intensive energy needs of its expanding AI venture meant there was slippage on the company's climate targets, but insisted Alphabet still had a target of achieving net zero by 2030 by investing in new energy technologies.
"""
"Slippage" in this context probably means, "We no longer care about climate change but we don't feel that mere citizens are ready to hear us say it."
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Mr Pichai said action was needed, including in the UK, to develop new sources of energy and scale up energy infrastructure.
"You don't want to constrain an economy based on energy, and I think that will have consequences," he said.
He also acknowledged that the intensive energy needs of its expanding AI venture meant there was slippage on the company's climate targets, but insisted Alphabet still had a target of achieving net zero by 2030 by investing in new energy technologies.
"""
"Slippage" in this context probably means, "We no longer care about climate change but we don't feel that mere citizens are ready to hear us say it."