Ruth Coppinger (Dublin West, Solidarity) | Oireachtas source

The Taoiseach made that comment when speaking at a data centre-linked company called Hanley Energy. There are two issues. Most of AI is utterly useless in terms of the impact for humanity, in comparison with actually dealing with climate change issues. There is no question most AI is not necessary. There is no effort by any of the companies to get people to reduce their online storage, which could be done easily. Most of us could do that. The Taoiseach has said emissions will be offset by renewable energy. It seems the LNG terminal is the Government's solution. That seems to be what is proposed. The Minister of State did not answer how this State will face into paying billions in EU fines when we also face into economic turbulence in the times ahead.

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