# Stargate's carbon \= two-thirds of Vermont

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2025-08-02
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Solving the AI energy crisis \| Greg Osuri on what it takes to power AI (Changelog)
- **Watch at:** 00:08:04 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61OOQfY5cqU&t=484s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2025-08-02-stargate-s-carbon-two-thirds-of-vermont-ax3y/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Stargate's carbon \= two-thirds of Vermont," Solving the AI energy crisis \| Greg Osuri on what it takes to power AI (Changelog), 2 Aug 2025, 00:08:04. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=61OOQfY5cqU&t=484s

## Quote — verbatim

> 4.5 gigawatt is about five nuclear facilities equivalent. There's no way in hell they're getting that from nuclear... That much amount of LNG will produce anywhere between 2.5 to 2.7 million tons of net new carbon into the environment, and that's equivalent to about 2/3 of all the CO2 emissions from Vermont.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

Reacting to Sam Altman's announced 4.5 GW Abilene, Texas capacity with Oracle; he argues the gap will be filled by burning fossil fuels.