I've never been big on New Year's Resolutions (why wait for an arbitrary gregorian deadline?) - but in the spirit of positive change I've decided this year one of the things I'm going to work on is conservation, or generally being less wasteful.

This is simple stuff like not purchasing too much fruit and letting it go bad, or not letting the sink run forever while I'm brushing my teeth (which I'm super guilty of).

I have some internal resistance to this because of the whole carbon-neutral gaslighting agenda, who's organizations lecture regular people on using less while turning a blind eye to the massive waste in military/industry - the main source of the problem.

Still, even though now I live in a water-rich area, I'm preparing for the day where I am truly responsible for my own water through a well or a rainwater catchment system. There's no reason to waste and in a precarious situation (maybe one we'll see in the future), it could mean the difference between a watered garden or hunger.

I also think twice before leaning heavily into Cloud AI, a UC Riverside study indicated that a 100 word ChatGPT response may use up to 500mL of water in its inference, this includes cooling the computers and cooling the infrastructure that generates the power.

Local Air-cooled AI is the way.

I dove deeper on conservation issues and the dangers of data centers on my recent AI webinar:
https://learn.abovephone.com/course/empowerment-with-ethical-local-and-private-ai/

Check it out and share!

Setting this intention, we can take responsibility for the planet every day and do more with less resources (either by choice or necessity) - rather than wasting our precious natural resources.

How about you - What are your positive shifts for this year?

@takebackourtech