Reality Check

Evidence-forward pages built to separate real AI concerns from bad statistics and easy panic.

Myths

Myth · Environment

Is AI guzzling all our electricity?

AI's electricity use is real and growing fast, but it's still a small slice of the whole: all U.S. data centers used less power in 2024 than American home air conditioning. The fight worth having is over who pays for the buildout and what powers it, not whether the grid can survive.

Myth · Environment

Does AI really waste all our water?

AI's water use is real, but it's tiny at the national scale: U.S. golf courses use roughly three times more water than every data center in the country combined. The fight worth having is local, where a single big facility can strain an already-stressed community, not a scary national statistic.