Ketan Joshi
Freelance climate and energy analyst in Oslo, writing on Europe, the US and Australia; worked in the Australian renewables industry before that.
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Generative AI is a tool used by mediocre, jealous colleagues to claim ownership over others' work.
It is the tool of the mediocre, jealous colleague, who uses your work as input into the machine, to spit out a garbled version and slap their name over it.
ketanjoshi.coSaid 1 Nov 2026This on korrents
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The climate impact from NVIDIA's AI products in 2025 is comparable to that of a major state-owned coal company.
we produced our own conservative estimate, finding that the climate impact from 2025's use of NVIDIA'S AI products is on par with the state-owned Russian Coal company.
ketanjoshi.coSaid 16 Sept 2026This on korrents
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4 November
1 November
From one piece Microsoft just gave us the perfect name for AI thieves: Kyle 2 beliefs · ketanjoshi.co
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But in both instances, they very much benefit from the newfound permission space for theft created by AI hype, so the chances either will take action is close to zero.
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Generative AI is a tool used by mediocre, jealous colleagues to claim ownership over others' work.Their words
It is the tool of the mediocre, jealous colleague, who uses your work as input into the machine, to spit out a garbled version and slap their name over it.
16 September
From one piece NVIDIA’S AI Climate hoax – report 2 beliefs · ketanjoshi.co
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we explore and contest all these claims, which we contend are not supported by strong evidence.
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The climate impact from NVIDIA's AI products in 2025 is comparable to that of a major state-owned coal company.Their words
we produced our own conservative estimate, finding that the climate impact from 2025's use of NVIDIA'S AI products is on par with the state-owned Russian Coal company.
14 August
From one piece How Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to freely pollute 3 beliefs · ketanjoshi.co
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Renewable energy offset schemes share the same fundamental flaw as carbon offsets in general.Their words
This renewable energy offsetting suffers from the same fundamental problem as all offsets.
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Greenwashing, particularly when embedded deep into legislation, kills people.
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Delaying the phase-out of coal and gas power plants causes far more deaths than phasing them out quickly.Their words
If we don't stop using these power stations ASAP, the number of people killed by them will be far higher than if we phase them out quickly.
1 July
From one piece Google’s exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat 3 beliefs · ketanjoshi.co
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Both hide the fact the company is simply choosing the climate-wrecking road, consciously.
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What is happening is that GenAI's climate harm comes from the system design, such as Google's AI overview triggering constantly whether users want it or not, in addition to significantly worse digital bloat tools dominating overconsumption.
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It is actually pretty likely that it was Google's efficiency actions that enabled their total energy consumption to increase.
21 June
From one piece How to breathe air when we’re drowning in big tech’s slop 3 beliefs · ketanjoshi.co
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Generative AI systems have no built-in drive toward truth and accuracy, unlike people or institutions.Their words
Generative AI has no internal, designed momentum towards truth and accuracy (beyond the absurdly diminishing returns of energy-hungry multi-layered LLMs), but a person or an institution can (and should).
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High-polluting industries benefit directly and obviously from the collapse of trust, shared reality and information quality.
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Genuinely valuing truth, honesty and climate action logically entails opposing generative AI.Their words
Being pro-correctness, anti-theft and anti-fossil fuels automatically places you in an aggressively anti-generative-AI position.
13 May
From one piece Why Anthropic’s ultra-dirty deal shouldn’t surprise you at all 2 beliefs · ketanjoshi.co
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data centersinfrastructureclimate change
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there is nothing fundamentally inherent to the concept of a building full of computers that causes choking air pollution, water impacts and climate change.
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The fundamental drivers of this change are panic and impatience, and that is what is behind the worst impacts of data centre growth, including a material risk to decarbonisation and climate action.
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Korrents What they believe 21 beliefs — each backed by an exact quote.
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Generative AI is a tool used by mediocre, jealous colleagues to claim ownership over others' work.
It is the tool of the mediocre, jealous colleague, who uses your work as input into the machine, to spit out a garbled version and slap their name over it.
Microsoft just gave us the perfect name for AI thieves: Kyle Said 1 Nov 2026
Social media platforms and corporate bosses are unlikely to take action against AI-assisted theft because they benefit from it.
But in both instances, they very much benefit from the newfound permission space for theft created by AI hype, so the chances either will take action is close to zero.
Microsoft just gave us the perfect name for AI thieves: Kyle Said 1 Nov 2026
The climate impact from NVIDIA's AI products in 2025 is comparable to that of a major state-owned coal company.
we produced our own conservative estimate, finding that the climate impact from 2025's use of NVIDIA'S AI products is on par with the state-owned Russian Coal company.
NVIDIA’S AI Climate hoax – report Said 16 Sept 2026
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Claims that AI will be a net benefit for the climate lack strong supporting evidence.
we explore and contest all these claims, which we contend are not supported by strong evidence.
NVIDIA’S AI Climate hoax – report Said 16 Sept 2026
Delaying the phase-out of coal and gas power plants causes far more deaths than phasing them out quickly.
If we don't stop using these power stations ASAP, the number of people killed by them will be far higher than if we phase them out quickly.
How Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to freely pollute Said 14 Aug 2026
Greenwashing embedded into legislation causes real deaths.
Greenwashing, particularly when embedded deep into legislation, kills people.
How Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to freely pollute Said 14 Aug 2026
Renewable energy offset schemes share the same fundamental flaw as carbon offsets in general.
This renewable energy offsetting suffers from the same fundamental problem as all offsets.
How Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to freely pollute Said 14 Aug 2026
Efficiency gains in a growth-driven industry tend to be absorbed into even greater expansion rather than reducing net resource use.
It is actually pretty likely that it was Google's efficiency actions that enabled their total energy consumption to increase.
Google’s exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat Said 1 Jul 2026
Generative AI's climate harm comes mainly from wasteful system design and forced-on features, not from the computational cost of individual queries.
What is happening is that GenAI's climate harm comes from the system design, such as Google's AI overview triggering constantly whether users want it or not, in addition to significantly worse digital bloat tools dominating overconsumption.
Google’s exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat Said 1 Jul 2026
Google is knowingly choosing the more climate-damaging path while using narrow efficiency metrics to obscure that choice.
Both hide the fact the company is simply choosing the climate-wrecking road, consciously.
Google’s exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat Said 1 Jul 2026
Genuinely valuing truth, honesty and climate action logically entails opposing generative AI.
Being pro-correctness, anti-theft and anti-fossil fuels automatically places you in an aggressively anti-generative-AI position.
How to breathe air when we’re drowning in big tech’s slop Said 21 Jun 2026
The erosion of trust and shared reality directly benefits high-polluting industries.
High-polluting industries benefit directly and obviously from the collapse of trust, shared reality and information quality.
How to breathe air when we’re drowning in big tech’s slop Said 21 Jun 2026
Generative AI systems have no built-in drive toward truth and accuracy, unlike people or institutions.
Generative AI has no internal, designed momentum towards truth and accuracy (beyond the absurdly diminishing returns of energy-hungry multi-layered LLMs), but a person or an institution can (and should).
How to breathe air when we’re drowning in big tech’s slop Said 21 Jun 2026
Panic and impatience in the industry, not the technology itself, are what drive the worst environmental harms of the data centre boom.
The fundamental drivers of this change are panic and impatience, and that is what is behind the worst impacts of data centre growth, including a material risk to decarbonisation and climate action.
Why Anthropic’s ultra-dirty deal shouldn’t surprise you at all Said 13 May 2026
The environmental harm caused by data centres comes from how the industry chooses to build them, not from anything inherent to computing infrastructure.
there is nothing fundamentally inherent to the concept of a building full of computers that causes choking air pollution, water impacts and climate change.
Why Anthropic’s ultra-dirty deal shouldn’t surprise you at all Said 13 May 2026
Anthropic does not meaningfully prioritize climate, environmental, or air pollution concerns despite its public image.
It was already clear a while ago that Anthropic mostly do not care about climate, environment or air pollution in any material way, even if they care a little bit more about bad PR than Elon Musk does.
Why Anthropic’s ultra-dirty deal shouldn’t surprise you at all Said 13 May 2026
AI data centres cannot be meaningfully reformed without a fundamental change of course and ideology in the industry.
Reformation is impossible for AI data centres, at least, not without a massive change of course and an ideological reckoning.
The exact wrong lesson to learn from data centre infrasound fears Said 1 May 2026
Data centres are being built in such number, size and speed that the industry cannot realistically be reformed.
There are simply too many data centres being built, and they're too big, being built too fast.
The exact wrong lesson to learn from data centre infrasound fears Said 1 May 2026
Preventing the underlying causes of public health fears works better than debunking them after they take hold.
The only solution is preventing the disease, not treating the symptoms.
The exact wrong lesson to learn from data centre infrasound fears Said 1 May 2026
If Australia's renewable rollout weakens, coal and gas plants will run longer and generate more, well past their planned shutdown dates.
In the face of weakened renewable roll-out in Australia, the most likely outcome is simply that coal and gas just generate more, and for many more years past their shut down date.
Australia’s data centre growth proportion now matches the US Said 30 Apr 2026
Data centres will become the majority driver of electricity demand growth in Australia's National Electricity Market.
Even if a small fraction of this pipeline ends up operational, data centres will drive far more than 50% of demand growth in the NEM.
Australia’s data centre growth proportion now matches the US Said 30 Apr 2026
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Where they publish
Blog ketanjoshi.co His blog on climate and energy, mostly working from the data. Has a feed.
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- Microsoft just gave us the perfect name for AI thieves: Kyle 1 Nov 2026 A new Microsoft Copilot ad admits what we all knew GenAI was really for: mediocre white guys in the workplace stealing from their Black colleagues
- NVIDIA’S AI Climate hoax – report 16 Sept 2026 What does the real climate footprint of the biggest company on the planet look like? It’s a good question, but here’s a better one: why don’t we already know the answer? In a new report, we find NVIDIA, a beneficiary of…
- How Australia’s data centre lobby is winning its fight to freely pollute 14 Aug 2026 Data centre greenwashing is getting worse, alongside the tech industry's hunger for fossil fuels. Why help them?
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- Google’s exponential path to climate-wrecking digital bloat 1 Jul 2026 Google's latest report reveals a completely unprecedented rise in energy consumption - more than any of us expected. Generative AI is a climate carbon bomb.
- How to breathe air when we’re drowning in big tech’s slop 21 Jun 2026 A viral fabricated Bezos quote reveals how big tech is engineering widespread reality collapse. We need to stop them.
- Why Anthropic’s ultra-dirty deal shouldn’t surprise you at all 13 May 2026 Perfect little Anthropic did the dirty with Elon Musk's ultra-filthy pollution bomb fossil fuelled data centre. I am here to tell you why this is not surprising at all.
- The exact wrong lesson to learn from data centre infrasound fears 1 May 2026 Data centre infrasound fears are a thing now. So here's a deep dive into my history with wind turbine syndrome, and what it means for the wild data centre frenzy
- Australia’s data centre growth proportion now matches the US 30 Apr 2026 Australia's data center lobby insists they're nothing like America. Except, new data released this weeks shows that yeah, they kinda are.
- Data sharing – NGERs Australia 16 Apr 2026 A new dataset compiling Australian corporate and electricity emissions data
- Submission to Aus gas tax inquiry: lessons to learn about Norway’s taxing of fossil fuels 14 Apr 2026 Norway is a great example of how to tax the fossil fuel industry, and a terrible example of how to fail to wind it down
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- The fossil fuel industry's Honesty Era 4 Nov 2026
- turns out that dismissing community data centre environmental concerns as the ramblings of "fucking morons" was just wildly arrogant and incorrect analysis 4 Nov 2026
- Many people have made foolish investments over the past two years - Posting on X - Leaning into AI slop - Being on the volunteer data centre defence force (saying 'glonzo' sincerely etc) 4 Nov 2026
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- There's a headline like this, like what, three times a day now? The AI industry and the fossil fuel industry are two Venn circles creeping closer to total eclipse overlap 4 Nov 2026 dawn.com
- Phenomenal chart - compare the amount Musk lost on political donations to midterms vs the value wiped off SpaceX and Tesla as a result of the outcomes 4 Nov 2026
- Apparently there are data centre sites in the US with *800* three megawatt reciprocating gas engine turbines 4 Nov 2026 latitudemedia.com
- Someone tell me how to get this guy's speaking gigs 4 Nov 2026
- On this important point: I cannot emphasise how strange it is for big environment groups to be co-signing toothless data centre suggestions right now This would be voluntary net zero targets version 2.0 and it would end *very much in the same way* - wild unforced error 4 Nov 2026 thehill.com
- Yep, it's pretty remarkable. March 2025 was.....extremely not long ago changeresearch.com/research/202... Even just within 2026, the shift is huge 4 Nov 2026 pewresearch.org
- Just........wow 🫨 35 of 35 (!!) ballot measures on data centres in US midterms vote to restrict data centre development 28 of 35 feature over 70% voting to crack down on data centres 4 Nov 2026 ballotpedia.org
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