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Using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment - a cheat sheet
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A post on andymasley.substack.com, published 28 April 2025, is cited by 4 distinct blogs to date (corpus.blog, measured 15 October 2026).
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4blogs citing
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| All time | 4 | 4 |
| Last 90 days | 0 | 0 |
| Last 30 days | 0 | 0 |
| Last 7 days | 0 | 0 |
| First cited | 20 May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Latest citation | 10 Mar 2026 |
| Words blogs link it with | 3 |
| External links | 140 |
| Length | 24,837 |
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- an ai 100 times2 blogs
- andy masley: why using chatgpt is not bad for the environment1 blog
- isn’t a significant concern on a global scale either.1 blog
Cited by 4 blogs in 4 posts
One row per blog, the most recently citing first. Each shows the blog's newest citing post; open a row for the others.
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Newest citing post
Date
jessesingal.substack.com1 post
AI Is Too Consequential For Half-Baked Lefty Critiques
linked as “an AI 100 times”
Read at jessesingal.substack.com (opens in a new tab)10 Mar 2026
benthams.substack.com1 post
2 Feb 2026
pchristensen.com1 post
Environmental Impact of AI: Large But Not Significant
linked as “Andy Masley: Why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment”
Read at pchristensen.com (opens in a new tab)22 Jul 2025
No, the plagiarism machine isn’t burning down the planet (redux)
linked as “isn’t a significant concern on a global scale either.”
Read at scientistseessquirrel.wordpress.com (opens in a new tab)20 May 2025
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