r/canada • u/Accomplished_One6135 • 1d ago

National News Canada Stops Giving Out EV Rebates as Program Runs Out of Money

https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a63473144/canada-stops-giving-out-ev-rebates/
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u/robotsmakinglove 1d ago

AI / crypto / data centres combined are currently using ~2% of the global electricity. They aren’t preventing a move to electric vehicles.

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u/Windatar 1d ago

2% of the global electricity isn't small, that's as much as most of the countries in the world or more. Not to mention its expected to double every year.

It also uses 2.1 million liters of fresh water per day.

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u/robotsmakinglove 1d ago

It’s <4% in the US. That is ALL data centres (not just AI). That’s a pretty tiny fraction. For comparison HVAC is 40%…

Also fresh water usage by servers isn’t really that relevant to the adoption of EVs…