# How I AI: Do these 2 things if you're worried about AI and the environment

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Podcast: [How I Work](https://stenobird.com/podcast/how-i-work-960132)
Published: 2026-08-09T20:00:00+00:00
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## Resource

There is a quiet guilt a lot of people carry every time they open ChatGPT. Somewhere between the headlines about data centres and the vague sense that AI is somehow worse for the planet than everything else we do without a second thought, it becomes easier to just feel bad than to actually work out whether that guilt is warranted.  Nobody hands you the comparison points. Is a heavy day of prompting worse than a night of Netflix? Worse than a round of golf? Nobody says.  In this How I AI episode, Neo and I go looking for the real figures. You will hear how an hour of heavy AI use stacks up against an hour of Netflix, why American golf courses use far more water than AI data centres, and the two things you can personally do that make a genuine difference, including one that has nothing to do with AI at all.  What you'll learn:  How an hour of heavy AI use actually compares to an hour of Netflix  Why golf courses use more water than AI data centres, and why nobody is calling to ban golf  What separates the environmental cost of training AI from simply using it  What governments, companies and individuals can each actually do about AI's environmental impact  The one everyday habit that beats cutting your AI use altogether  Practical AI tools for productivity and focus  Real-world AI workflows used by high performers  How to use AI at work without burning out  Smart shortcuts for managing time and mental load  Connect with Neo Aplin on LinkedIn ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/neoaplin/ ) and via inventium.ai ( https://inventium.ai ), where he leads Inventium's AI training and upskilling work with organisations and team…

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