We have become remarkably good at making technology feel effortless. A few clicks give us an answer, a car runs without petrol and the cloud stores almost everything we could need. What remains out of sight is the water, energy and raw materials required to make these conveniences possible. As AI expands and industries race to build the next big thing, the environmental bill keeps growing in places most of us will never see. And even those of us who understand the costs are unlikely to stop using the technologies that make our lives easier.