Computers Powering Self-Driving Cars Could Drive Global Carbon Emissions

Would Quantum balance this? 

Computers Powering Self-Driving Cars Could Drive Global Carbon Emissions

MIT News, Adam Zewe, January 13, 2023

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers determined the computers powering self-driving vehicles could produce as many greenhouse gas emissions as all currently operating datacenters worldwide. The International Energy Agency estimates those datacenters presently generate about 0.3% of global carbon emissions. The MIT researchers' statistical model calculated that the emissions of 1 billion autonomous vehicles could equal datacenters’ global emissions volume if each vehicle equipped with a computer consuming 840 watts drove just one hour daily. More than 90% of simulations showed each vehicle's computer would require more efficient hardware.to prevent autonomous vehicles’ aggregated emissions from exceeding those of datacenters. ... '