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Re:Portal 64 – A demake of Portal for the Nintendo 64 by uoaei on Monday September 04, 2023 @11:15PM (#37387437)
You raise an interesting question: how many people would you be able to bus how far into nature to spend how long with zero electricity consumption to make it net-negative compared to the consumption incurred in the course of their habitual lives?

My naive orders-of-magnitude guess is ~20 people in a bus going ~100 miles (each way) would only need 2-4 days before the net goes negative.

It's kinda crazy how much compute is dedicated to streaming HD video or serving an endless scroll of Instagram.

Re:Portal 64 – A demake of Portal for the Nintendo 64 by bluescrn on Tuesday September 05, 2023 @09:58AM (#37391706)
Those people out in nature are likely to be doing physical activities, even if just walking, and those extra calories will need replenishing too