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Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment

andymasley.substack.com · 13 January 2025 · 40 min read

A post on andymasley.substack.com, published 13 January 2025, is cited by 14 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 11 October 2026).

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14blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
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First cited20 Jan 2025
Latest citation17 May 2026
Words blogs link it with5
Linked with its own title2 of 14 blogs
External links74
Length9,050
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New citing blogs a week, since Jan 2025: 90 weeks, peak 2 a week, latest week 0

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Shape: slow burn. Half of its 14 citing blogs had cited it after 204 days; 21% first cited it more than a year on.

Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 14 blogs across 4 subjects: technology 8, business and economics 2, books and writing 1, life 1, unclassified 2.

It crossed over: blogs in at least two subjects each make up 15% or more of its classified citers.

Words blogs link it with

The words blogs link this page with, by how many different blogs use them.

  • using chatgpt is not bad for the environment2 blogs
  • "using chatgpt is not bad for the environment"1 blog
  • 9,000-word article1 blog
  • a much longer piece from masley1 blog
  • ai and the environment1 blog

Cited by 14 blogs in 15 posts

One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.

Blog
Newest citing post
Date
conspicuouscognition.com1 post
"Speaking Truth to Power" Is Bad Epistemology

linked as “AI and the environment”

Read at conspicuouscognition.com (opens in a new tab)
17 May 2026
Not the Solution1 post
The Jevons Paradox for PC Gamers

linked as “consumes far more water”

Read at formerlytomato.codeberg.page (opens in a new tab)
23 Jan 2026
webcurios1 post
Webcurios 16/01/26

linked as “Individual AI Use Is Not A Massive Water Issue”

Read at webcurios.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
16 Jan 2026
Brandon Davis | Brandon Davis1 post
Thinking about Generative AI

linked as “pretty misleading”

Read at subdavis.com (opens in a new tab)
23 Nov 2025
Words that work for digital and climate transformation - Rod McLaren: Words that work2 posts
UK data centre efficiency ranked by PUE

linked as “more energy-efficient at delivering power specifically to computing chips than the electrical grid i…”

Read at holdfastprojects.com (opens in a new tab)
28 Oct 2025
1 other post
UK data centres and AI hosting will need a lot of energy

linked as “non-AI services”

Read at holdfastprojects.com (opens in a new tab)
13 Oct 2025
patrickjuli.us1 post
What is the real impact of AI on the environment?

linked as “YouTube uses about 50 times as much energy as ChatGPT”

Read at patrickjuli.us (opens in a new tab)
19 Oct 2025
decoherency.blogspot.com1 post
The Calculator Moment

linked as “this wasn't an issue”

Read at decoherency.blogspot.com (opens in a new tab)
23 Aug 2025
jasmi.news1 post
42 notes on AI & work

linked as “GPS”

Read at jasmi.news (opens in a new tab)
12 Aug 2025
datawrapper.de1 post
How much energy are you using on AI?

linked as “Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment”

Read at datawrapper.de (opens in a new tab)
12 Jun 2025
Scientist Sees Squirrel | Seldom original. Often wrong. Occasionally interesting.1 post
No, the plagiarism machine isn’t burning down the planet (redux)

linked as “a much longer piece from Masley”

Read at scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
20 May 2025
tidbits.com1 post
Why Using ChatGPT Is Not Bad for the Environment

linked as “9,000-word article”

Read at tidbits.com (opens in a new tab)
14 May 2025
mac-chaffee1 post
Tech and the climate crisis

linked as “"Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment"”

Read at macchaffee.com (opens in a new tab)
25 Feb 2025
Manual do Usuário ⁄ Comentários de tecnologia por Rodrigo Ghedin1 post
Using ChatGPT consumes a 500 ml bottle of water; so what?

linked as “Video streaming”

Read at manualdousuario.net (opens in a new tab)
6 Feb 2025
kajsotala.fi1 post
Things I have been using LLMs for

linked as “Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment”

Read at kajsotala.fi (opens in a new tab)
20 Jan 2025

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