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For what feels like an age, much doom and gloom has been cast concerning the impact of electric vehicles on the electrical grid. And on this channel, we've done our best to bust those myths.

...But now it's happening. The grid is under more immediate threat. Not from EV drivers, but from AI and new clean energy production facilities.

We explain all!

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00:00 - Sponsor Message
00:13 - Introduction
01:55 - They've traditionally blamed EVs...
03:10 - AI is partly to blame
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04:21 - AI's Big part in energy consumption
06:56 - The positives of AI
08:53 - The energy consumption of AI
09:52 - AI for EVs also uses a lot of energy
11:16 - AI uses a lot...but so do factories
12:36 - Growth of factories, driven by political incentives
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Washington Post: America is Running Out Of Power: https://wapo.st/3x69suY
McKinsey - Investing in the Rising Data Centre Economy: https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/t...

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Presenter, Script, Audio: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield.
Camera, Editor, Colorist: M. Horton
Art and Animation: Erin Carlie
Producer: Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield
© Transport Evolved LLC, 2024

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