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$\begingroup$ A google search has a carbon footprint of about 0.2g of CO2. A chatgpt request about 4g. Better or worse depends on your criteria. $\endgroup$

Aurel
– Aurel

2026-03-31 19:23:50 +00:00
Commented 9 hours ago
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$\begingroup$ If your numbers are right, it sounds like it is worse relative to both criteria, unless you want more pollution or you like ineffective search engines. $\endgroup$

Pace Nielsen
– Pace Nielsen

2026-03-31 20:50:49 +00:00
Commented 7 hours ago
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$\begingroup$ It may be worth pointing out (as this survey does) that the work of Faltings implied that the set of all exponents (not just prime exponents) for which FLT holds has density 1, and in particular is infinite. $\endgroup$

Timothy Chow
– Timothy Chow

2026-03-31 22:05:52 +00:00
Commented 6 hours ago
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$\begingroup$ Is ChatGPT a fan of NCIS? $\endgroup$

Yemon Choi
– Yemon Choi

2026-03-31 22:26:34 +00:00
Commented 6 hours ago
$\begingroup$ @Aurel Just to put this in perspective, burning a gallon of gasoline produces almost 9000g of CO2. So, driving a mile in a car that gets say 25 mpg produces 350g of CO2. $\endgroup$

Kevin Casto
– Kevin Casto

2026-04-01 04:19:12 +00:00
Commented 27 mins ago

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