A cheat sheet for why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment
Here’s a detailed summary of Andy Masley’s post “Why using ChatGPT is not bad for the environment – a cheat sheet”, which distils his core arguments, data points, and rhetorical strategies:
ChatGPT o4-mini-high; 2025-05-17
On average, studies show that a heavyweight ad- and tracker-blocker like uBlock Origin saves around a third of the data you’d otherwise download – and in concrete terms:
| Activity | CO₂e produced | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Boiling a full kettle ~60–100 times | ~50–70 g each | 3 000–5 000 g = ~70 kettles |
| Driving a petrol car ~15–25 miles | ~0.2–0.3 kg CO₂e per mile | UK average car |
| 1–2 roast dinners | ~2–3 kg each | Meat-heavy meal (esp. lamb/beef) |
Produced by ChatGPT o3; 2025-05-16; thought for 1m28s – see Appendix
Explore the veracity of this claim:
Based on the older figures, some people have estimated that their own emails will generate 1.6kg (3.5lb) CO2e in a single day. Berners-Lee himself also calculated that a typical business user creates 135kg (298lbs) CO2e from sending emails every year, which is the equivalent of driving 200 miles in a family car.
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| <html> | |
| <head> | |
| <style> | |
| /* Define colour variables in the :root scope for easy reuse throughout the stylesheet */ | |
| :root { | |
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| import requests | |
| import time | |
| import constants | |
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Me: I am building a responsive website that has a series of cards. The cards are arranged in a grid 3 columns wide. Each card has an image, some text, and a button at the bottom. Each card should be of equal height regardless of how much content there is. The buttons at the bottom should stick to the bottom of the card. When the screen is narrow (like on a smartphone), the cards should rearrange themselves into a single column. Please write HTML and CSS to handle this. The CSS should be modern and use CSS Grid. Try and use techniques from https://every-layout.dev/ if you can.
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