US needs ‘to be at the table' to determine energy's future — Rubio
Secretary of State Marco Rubio hinted Tuesday that the future of U.S. climate engagement will shift to energy production, in part to deal with the growth of artificial intelligence, a priority for the Trump administration.
'AI development alone is going to put a strain on the amount of energy it is going to take to produce AI and AI-driven innovations,' he told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee during a budget hearing.
Those rising energy demands are going to allow countries with the ability to provide energy an 'enormous opportunity' to be leaders, Rubio said. But it's going to put a strain on everyone else.
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'So we need to be at the table to have conversations about not just what our role in energy is, but how we help invest or partner with countries that have a supply of energy,' he said.
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