The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement

Re:The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement by freeone3000 on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @10:31AM (#19255041)

While I appreciate the lightening of the load of websites to something more manageable and reducing overprovisioning, it should be stated that data centers are more efficient, in that they spend fewer watts for the same number of gigahertz, compared to at-point computer rooms or even personal computers. Clouds reduce energy consumption, not increase it.

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Re:The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement by rejberg on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @11:31AM (#19255686)

An increase in efficiency does not necessarily mean a reduction in total consumption. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_paradox

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Re:The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement by dTal on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @01:52PM (#19257173)

I've always struggled with the application of Jevon's paradox to decision making. Does it mean we shouldn't try to make our usage of scarce resources more efficient?

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Re:The Internet’s Back-to-the-Land Movement by Retra on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @02:10PM (#19257343)

I think it just means you have to do more than simply make things efficient. You also have to have some way to minimize total costs.

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