Re:Solar Protocol
by KennyBlanken on Monday June 27, 2022 @11:43PM
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It's one thing to consider energy use of a webpage (I'm guessing a lot of "slide show" functions chew up gigawatt-hours of electricity every year) but it's another to implement infrastructure which consumes power to save power.
One also needs to be wary of lost opportunity cost for equipment. Frankly, just put the money into funding for utility-scale solar installations where everything is more efficient.
Re:Solar Protocol
by londons_explore on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @06:52AM
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utility scale anything is more efficient. That's why micro-farms will never take off commercially - the money and climate costs of transport are smaller than the savings from being a big farm rather than 20 cabbages on someone's roof.
Re:Solar Protocol
by micromacrofoot on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @09:20AM
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looks like the equipment cost roughly $700
I was looking for the “why” personally:
> Solar Protocol is an art project exploring the poetics of internet infrastructure; as well as an education and research platform for exploring energy efficient and energy aware web design; and ecologically responsive internet protocols, among many other things.
cool project!