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Saagar is so punchable and so often talking out of his azz
Just want to also say that I watched a Hank Green video about the public service commission election in Georgia and sent it to a friend who lives there. She ended up voting for the Dem. I would not be shocked if that video played a big role in the swing!
You guys bring up data centers, Bill Gates in Kenosha County Wisconsin. He bought one percent of all of the property in Kenosha County to build nothing but data centers.
That's a nice data center ter you have there, be ashamed if it it were to but to the ground
It would be nice if Krystal would call out Saagar’s anti-China BS. It’s the only country that has met all the climate goals.
China has prepared for increased electricity needs since 2010 to 2025 by building over 1,000 brand new mainland Chinese coal fired power plants that can supply 75% of all electricity needs for all of China. China plans to build another 500 coal fired power plants by 2035.
Do your own research but I read that China has made so many garbage burning factories to make energy that they’re running out of trash. They filter the air pollution and make construction materials out of it.
00:32 He's right, Electricity is State-ran, for this purpose….
buuutttt everyone's prices are going up because BIG TECH BIG AI, META,APPLE,MICROSOFT,SILICON-VALLEY,TN-FARMLAND, taking over by AI SERVERS EATING UP WATER AND ELECTRICITY, THE SAME THINGS FARMERS USE!!!
One big reason I'm against data centers is they plan to transition to nuclear power to meet their power needs. Nuclear consumes enormously more water and brings with it the problem of radioactive waste. I am shocked that Saagar Enjeti, beginning at around 1:50 seems to be promoting nuclear power. Bulldoze the NIMBYs? He would like to see 1,000 nuclear power plants? Am I hearing this right? And at 11:10, Krystal also seems to be promoting nuclear as well, although it is garbled and I can't understand exactly what she is trying to say. Very distressing.
100% with Sagar on this one. Work in a corporate in IT and the bs promise of AI delivers productivity increases of like 1% and that's not subtracting the training investment or platform costs.
China's actually flattening/reversing co2 emissions now, based on a new report the other day
We’ll sell you some modular Nuclear Power Plants.. Google
This idea that we lack intelligence or money and thats why our civilization is failing is pure delusion.
All of our problems are egoic.
We haven’t solved food or energy scarcity. Nothing we do is sustainable or pro social.
The electricity shortage will be solved … if you can't put the pieces of the puzzle together how … you may be one of the ones that do not survive the coming decades … it's time to evolve my fellow humans. ❤
Record prices, record profits.
We need massive increase in power plants and energy. This is inevitable especially if we want to switch to electric vehicles. We need 75 new Gigawatts in 25 years at minimum. Thats 75 1 giggawatt nuclear power plants. We need to build yesterday.
I live in ga and my power bill went from 200$ a month to almost 900$ in just a year. Ga power is robbing me blind
I notice how BP isn't calling on a boycott of using LLMs and AI bots
For some jerk in say, Germany, to be able to make AI porn using data centers in the USA that are raising my electric bills is Grade A BS that I cannot get behind.
We are basically slaves asking our plantation masters to give us better living conditions. Why would they do that?? We work hard doing the heavy lifting for society, we pay an insane amount of taxes, and they spend that money on themselves while living in luxury. And the majority of society will never get ahead because of inflation and debt
Why is there a shit load of data centers being built?
If you cant see the benefits of ai then younhave zero imagination. At work i use it for quick answers and for efficient data processing. It can be used to helpnthe environment and all kinds of things. Just use your brain
You put a gay man in charge of the money and expected him not to spend anything
Met this man rot in hell sooner rather than later
After spending years shipping our jobs overseas? Now they want to oppose jobs here at home.
The president is not a king. He doesn't have the right to fund snap benefits through contingency funds. And inflation is down. What is she talking about? Look at the historical data. What increases inflation is lowering interest rates and goct shutdowns.😂
People opposing AI are the same people who opposed the industrial revolution and the same people who opposed the internet
Scott Bessent is great. Inflation has stabilized. Historically 3.1% is normal. Democrats opposing data centers is silly. Do you want republican states to have job growth and high tech or Democratic cities?
They jump between -the government is incompetent – to the government is not doing anything – to I want the government involved in doing something. The energy costs of a State ARE directly the responsibility of the States. It has never been the federal government's responsibility.
Thought this show was supposed to show both sides? Saager has joined the left to bash Trump and his administration in every episode. This show has become insufferable TDS propaganda. Sad!!!
Natiinalizing oil is how you get gas price under control. These are private companies that have a duty to shareholders to make as much profit as possible. So many people say just drill more. Oil execs dont want to drill more to decrease prices. Dont listen to me, listen to them.
If you really want lower prices, if the profit motive is antithetical to lower gas prices, then nationalize oil.
I don't think I've seen the administration take responsibility for any problems. They all make me sick.
Data centers should shoulder EVERYONE’S energy bill increases. It’s only fair.
AI NIBY. Krystal nailing it. Was Roy "two bullets" Jones right? People don't care until it hurts THEM. The tech bros have "othered" themselves.
Just can't deal with Sagar
it's eternally painful to watch Saagar go ballistic over the completely routine results of free market capitalism, and never blame free market capitalism.
I’m getting phone calls from some AI sales shit now
Let those companies build nuclear power. Infuriating that its always the bottom 80% 🤷🤯 paying for the businesses of the top 20%.
How about refund the clean energy. And no please I don't want to 100 New nuclear plants are you crazy Saagar
There was at least a near-viral (if not viral) video telling Georgia how important this issue was
I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again. Saager is the biggest obnoxious ass ever. I believe he insults every group of people in someway who are not superior like him in every show.
"almost no inflation" LOL are you kidding me? Restaurant prices are insane. Supermarket prices are insane. F'ing liars. They're going to print trillions more here pretty soon. You CANNOT bring inflation down while printing trillions. Liars!!
We need to develop Thorium power and invest in tidal power generators as well as traditional renewables.
here is an idea make them pay there own power bills