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The Download: greenhouse gases, and how AI might impact inequality

The Download: greenhouse gases, and how AI might impact inequality

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Plus: the United States has actually implicated Russia of meddling ahead of the Presidential election This is today's edition of The Downloadour weekday newsletter that offers a day-to-day dosage of what's going on the planet of innovation A short guide to the greenhouse gases driving environment modification Sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) is utilized in high-voltage devices on the grid. It's likewise, rather inconveniently, a beast greenhouse gas.Greenhouse gases are those that trap heat in the environment. SF6 and other fluorinated gases can be countless times more effective at warming the world than co2, and yet, since they tend to get away in reasonably percentages, we rarely speak about them.Taken alone, their impacts may be small compared to those of co2, however together, these gases ...