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Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment - a cheat sheet

andymasley.substack.com · 28 April 2025 · 108 min read

A post on andymasley.substack.com, published 28 April 2025, is cited by 15 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 11 October 2026).

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15blogs citing

Citing blogs and links by period
Period Blogs Links
All time1517
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First cited1 May 2025
Latest citation20 Feb 2026
Words blogs link it with5
External links140
Length24,837
New citing blogs a weeksince May 2025
New citing blogs a week, since May 2025: 76 weeks, peak 6 a week, latest week 0

0 this week (still settling) · peak 6

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Shape: spike. Half of its 14 citing blogs had cited it after 9 days; 0% first cited it more than a year on.

Each blog counts once, in the week of its first citation. 1 blog has no dated post that cites this page: counted in the tally, not here. A blog added to the index recently can bring old first citations in at once.

Who cited it

Cited by 15 blogs across 3 subjects: technology 9, books and writing 2, business and economics 2, 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.

  • a cheat sheet for why using chatgpt is not bad for the environment2 blogs
  • masley argued that1 blog
  • a short(ish) summary from masley1 blog
  • andy masley1 blog
  • andy masley presents a comprehensive argument1 blog

Cited by 15 blogs in 17 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
Trey Hunner1 post
On the enviromental impact of using LLMs for writing code

linked as “whataboutism”

Read at treyhunner.com (opens in a new tab)
20 Feb 2026
Build.ms1 post
Supporting Markdown Search For LLMs

linked as “environmental impact”

Read at build.ms (opens in a new tab)
2 Feb 2026
mathewingram.com2 posts
Does AI use a lot of energy and water? Yes and no

linked as “Masley argued that”

Read at mathewingram.com (opens in a new tab)
28 Aug 2025
1 other post
Does AI use a lot of energy and water? Yes and no

linked as “Masley argued that”

Read at mathewingram.com (opens in a new tab)
28 Aug 2025
ketanjoshi.co1 post
Big tech’s selective disclosure masks AI’s real climate impact

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

Read at ketanjoshi.co (opens in a new tab)
22 Aug 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 short(ish) summary from Masley”

Read at scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)
20 May 2025
Michael Tsai1 post
Why Using ChatGPT Is Not Bad for the Environment

linked as “Andy Masley”

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

linked as “Andy Masley presents a comprehensive argument”

Read at tidbits.com (opens in a new tab)
14 May 2025
onepercentamonth.com1 post
Weekly Reading – 10th May 2025

linked as “Why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment – a cheat sheet.”

Read at onepercentamonth.com (opens in a new tab)
10 May 2025
molily1 post
On the environmental impact of AI

linked as “Why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment”

Read at molily.de (opens in a new tab)
9 May 2025
Words that work for digital and climate transformation - Rod McLaren: Words that work1 post
Do the AIs know their carbon emissions? No.

linked as “here”

Read at holdfastprojects.com (opens in a new tab)
8 May 2025
rwblickhan.org1 post
Good Old Fashioned Linkblog

linked as ““A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment””

Read at rwblickhan.org (opens in a new tab)
7 May 2025
clune.org1 post
Environmental Impact of AI

linked as “Andy Massick explains well”

Read at clune.org (opens in a new tab)
6 May 2025
wersdoerfer.de1 post
Weeknotes 2025-05-05

linked as “A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment”

Read at wersdoerfer.de (opens in a new tab)
5 May 2025
aluhrs.com2 posts
Weeknote - May 5th 2025

linked as “A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment”

Read at aluhrs.com (opens in a new tab)
5 May 2025
1 other post
A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment

linked as “A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment”

Read at aluhrs.com (opens in a new tab)
1 May 2025
Simon Willison1 post
Building software on top of Large Language Models

linked as “estimates”

Read at simonwillison.net (opens in a new tab)
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What's the full "hidden" climate cost of using ChatGPT? Read at andymasley.substack.com (opens in a new tab)
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/this-post-in-a-nutshell
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/personal-use
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/a-chatgpt-prompt-uses-too-much-energywater
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/energy
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/emissions
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/water
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/chatgpt-is-bad-relative-to-other-things-we-do-its-ten-times-as-bad-as-a-google-search
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/chatgpt-uses-enough-energy-that-you-should-be-very-careful-with-how-you-use-it-dont-use-it-as-a-search-engine-or-a-calculator-or-just-to-goof-around
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/there-are-other-hidden-costs-that-youre-not-including-here
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/what-about-super-long-prompts-and-responses-like-deep-research
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/global-use
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/data-centers-use-too-much-energy
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/ai-is-using-so-much-energy-that-its-causing-new-fossil-fuel-plants-to-open-which-we-cant-afford-in-a-climate-crisis
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/data-centers-harm-local-water-access
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/xais-colossus-in-memphis-polluted-a-local-poor-community
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/chatgpt-may-not-raise-your-own-carbon-footprint-much-but-it-will-be-very-bad-for-the-environment-if-everyone-starts-using-it
andymasley.substack.com
https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/chatgpt-uses-as-much-energy-as-households
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/training-an-ai-model-uses-too-much-energy
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/making-ai-chips-emits-too-much-carbon
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/the-buildout-of-digital-infrastructure-that-makes-ai-use-so-little-energy-in-the-first-place-is-itself-bad-for-the-environment
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/other-objections
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/this-is-all-a-gimmick-anyway-why-not-just-use-google-chatgpt-doesnt-give-better-information
andymasley.substack.com
https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/dont-trust-some-random-substack-post-over-scientific-research
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/these-energy-and-water-numbers-are-all-based-on-guesswork
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/this-post-is-whataboutism-just-because-some-things-emit-more-doesnt-mean-chatgpt-isnt-bad-for-the-environment
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/focusing-on-individual-prompts-is-greenwashing-its-designed-to-distract-you-from-how-much-the-models-use-in-total
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/every-watt-hour-of-energy-matters
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/youre-conveniently-leaving-out
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/some-other-useful-intuitions-in-conversations
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/ai-companies-dont-want-to-give-you-free-energy
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/its-wh
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/this-is-so-so-strange
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/ais-effect-on-climate-will-mostly-depend-on-how-its-used-not-on-what-happens-in-data-centers
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/we-should-be-focused-on-systematic-change-over-individual-lifestyles
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Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment - a cheat sheet Read at andymasley.substack.com (opens in a new tab)
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An example of what I consider a misleading article about AI and the environment Read at andymasley.substack.com (opens in a new tab)
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Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment - a cheat sheet Read at andymasley.substack.com (opens in a new tab)
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Computing is efficient Read at andymasley.substack.com (opens in a new tab)
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/data-centers-use-so-much-energy-that-in-some-place-coal-plants-are-re-opening-to-support-them-this-is-a-sign-that-ais-using-a-lot-of-energy-per-prompt
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/summary
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/172991386/embodied-carbon-of-the-ai-chips
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https://andymasley.substack.com/p/for-the-climate-little-things-dont
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/162196004/kate-bob-and-freddy
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https://andymasley.substack.com/p/the-core-simple-reason-i-think-ai
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https://andymasley.substack.com/i/172277098/clarifying-some-of-my-beliefs-on-these-questions
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