Google President Praised MAGA Speech Slamming ‘Climate Extremist Agenda’. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told an AI conference that data centers should be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear. Ruth Porat said his “comments were fantastic.”
https://www.desmog.com/2025/08/19/google-president-praised-maga-speech-slamming-climate-extremist-agenda/7
u/JWAdvocate83 13h ago
She knows what kind of despot we’re dealing with.
Under Trump, even the fairest, faintest whiff of criticism is met with the full brunt of the State. This is what authoritarianism looks like.
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u/Canadiangoosedem0n 39m ago
I don't think its fear of criticizing Trump, I think it's wanting to deliver more shareholder value.
Ultimately all of these tech people are psychopaths, so its means nothing to her to sacrifice the environment to build the stock price for her company. Less money they have to invest in their own energy production if the government is investing it countrywide.
I don't believe that any of these tech people don't believe in climate change, they just believe in money more.
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u/hawkzors 1h ago
Every tech company doing this weird shit now to bow down to our supreme leader?... I thought we fought wars and had laws to regulate our politicians. Oh well. Back to fascism we go.
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u/redActarus 20m ago
Again. Going to be downvoted into oblivion but : Google = MAGA. In fact… Tech Bros = MAGA
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u/SpudsRacer 9h ago
Aren't these the same guys who have been on a PR bender the past few weeks explaining how a query costs next to nothing? Hmmm. Something doesn't add up here. 🤔
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u/sbenfsonwFFiF 12h ago
“I thought Secretary Burgum’s comments were fantastic… [B]ecause I think it is very clear that to realize the potential of AI, you have to have the power to deliver it. And we have underinvested in this country, and to stay ahead, we need to actually address it head-on.”
It’s true AI is very energy hungry. Google heavily invests in nuclear energy, I think it’s a stretch and editorialized to assume she’s praising MAGA or slamming the climate agenda.