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How Green Is Your Internet?

How Green Is Your Internet? from Patrick Clair on Vimeo.

When you use the internet have you thought just how much energy you`re using?

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tiben36 Male, 13-17, Canada 65 Posts	Friday, July 8, 2011 5:47:05 PM >implying everyone in the owrld who uses the internet has their power generated by coal power drating greenpeace, most closed mined draters

Slaador Male, 18-29, Europe 23 Posts	Friday, June 24, 2011 9:35:35 AM ...an "average" computer. Sorry, the post got cropped during cut-and-paste.

Slaador Male, 18-29, Europe 23 Posts	Friday, June 24, 2011 9:33:12 AM LazyMe484 Ok, that's grounded enough calculation for me, thanks! However, it is only valid for a lone computer that is not interacting with the outside world. But Internet IS interaction with the world. So for the calculation to be correct, we should trace the route from your computer to the Youtube server (routers, switches and all), then calculate how much resources you consume on each network device along the way (for instance 1/100th of average load on the first switch, 1/2000000th load on some core router etc), THEN multiply the consumed power of each device by this fraction, THEN determine how exactly the power for EACH of these devices is generated (because your traffic commonly traverses many countries, each one with different views on energy generation), THEN add up the pollution numbers. Whew... To summarise, it`s near friggin impossible for one computer, vastly different for each computer and therefore is an utterly meaningless number for

EgalM Male, 18-29, Canada 1667 Posts	Friday, June 24, 2011 8:27:03 AM Airliners actually cool the earth by a degree, so there's that. Plus the fact that termites produce more Co2 than we do, just plant some more plants and trees, the earth is kinda built to handle it. In fact, we can`t create more oxygen without it, just saying, don`t panic.

evski1975 Male, 30-39, Australia 59 Posts	Friday, June 24, 2011 6:08:18 AM hungry beast. dratting great TV program. Shame it burns up so much CO2 downloading it

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