<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # When someone says computation uses too much... > When someone says computation uses too much electricity, I hear an engineering requirement, not a funeral bell. Build generation. Build transmission. Build storage. Build reactors. Improve chips. Civilizations that encounter energy constraints either manufacture more energy or manufacture excuses. **Source:** [[articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]], [[research/AI-Tech Doomers Publication/preimages/2026-09-17-article-route/articles/The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile|The End Is Near — AI Doom, Anti-Science Panic, and the Primates Who Sell Technological Exile]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “When someone says computation uses too much electricity, I hear an engineering requirement, not a funeral bell. Build generation. Build transmission. Build storage. Build reactors. Improve chips. Civilizations that encounter energy constraints either manufacture more energy or manufacture excuses.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-someone-says-computation-energy-manufacture-excuses ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->