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[–] skunk@lemmy.zip 103 points 1 day ago (3 children)
[–] Taldan@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago (4 children)

Trucking and farming are far larger, and more important uses of diesel in the US

[–] skunk@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 hours ago

I know, I'm not literally saying that LLM's are the reason the US has to import more Diesel but it's so emblematic and aggravating example of the wasteful way in which western society (and the US in particular) uses fossil fuels I put that instead of how trains are far more efficient means of transportation, especially for logistics.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 5 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 11 hours ago)

The military uses more diesel than anyone else. Sure half of the carriers and all the subs are nuclear, but none of our plethora of frigates and corvettes and cruisers are, not to mention the tanks, jeeps, and trucks.

[–] Dozzi92@lemmy.world 0 points 9 hours ago

Transportation alone uses nearly 3 billion gallons of diesel annually. To suggest nobody cares about how the majority of goods and food products in America make it to our homes is peak Lemmy.

[–] adarza@lemmy.ca 0 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

'more important' to who? it's very important to dipshit and his party guests.. and they surely don't gaf about truckers or farmers. they're in it for the stock plays--maybe a little embezzlement and fraud on the side, military can always use it, the data centers might use some but iirc they're more into natural gas, and using this measly piddly little amount (less than a day's worth for the entire nation. not enough to have any measurable impact on pump prices) to trick magats and others into thinking they're actually doing something to 'help' them. i doubt any of this russian fuel even makes it stateside.

[–] skunk@lemmy.zip 1 points 7 hours ago

More important for the economy would be my reading of that. It's really important that your goods get from A to B and that the harvest is brought in.

[–] protist@retrofed.com 14 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Trump has wedded himself to the oligarchs who are making money from data centers while an overwhelming majority of Americans hate those motherfuckers. Did you see what he did a couple days ago? What in the actual fuck. He's been disconnected from reality for his entire life, but dude is drifting off into space right now

[–] Malica@lemmy.zip 31 points 1 day ago

To win an election, that's all he cares about