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Lifetime emissions of a Hugging Face model: 50 tCO2
Annual emissions of a:
• distillery: ~10-70,000 tCO2
• paper mill: ~200,000 tCO2
• sugar factory: ~100,000 tCO2
Of course it's right that people are scrutinising the environmental impacts of AI, but there should also be a sense of proportion.
