Re:This Website Is Killing the Planet
by dnlbtlr on Wednesday July 15, 2020 @09:51AM
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Great points but still how does the web compare to las Vegas running 24/7 or offices in the city leaving their lights on all night?
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Re:This Website Is Killing the Planet
by brokebroadbeat on Thursday July 16, 2020 @07:52AM
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According to Website Carbon Calculator:
> The internet consumes a lot of electricity. 416.2TWh per year to be precise. To give you some perspective, that’s more than the entire United Kingdom.
I'm not sure if that is the infrastructure of the internet plus the data-weight of the web...