PDA

View Full Version : What's the carbon footprint of … the internet?


Ice Tea
15-08-10, 09:55
What's the carbon footprint of … the internet?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/aug/12/carbon-footprint-internet

part quote

"The internet releases around 300m tonnes of CO2 a year – as much as all the coal, oil and gas burned in Turkey or Poland, or more than half of the fossil fuels burned in the UK"

I dare say 90% of that is pron viewing. :P


.
Terbinator
15-08-10, 10:06
They say, whilst you read about it on they're web page.
Bigian88
15-08-10, 10:10
thats a bit of a strange comment

"The internet releases around 300m tonnes of CO2 a year"

how can it "release" co2 when "the internet" isnt physical matter? and by that I mean its just data stored on servers that users connect to and it would be the servers themselves producing a footprint - not the internet, especially when you look at some supercooled server storage rooms (we have a few at work) that use a huge amount of energy.
zaz
15-08-10, 11:06
Well its the same thing as food packaging from supermarkets isnt it, some of them display the carbon footprint of, lets say for example, a litre of OJ.

You dont get carbon fumes when you open the carton do you, its the overall cost of producing/delivering they are on about - same with the hardware required to provide the internet.

So while the wording may seem strange, its still an accurate statement when taken in the right context.
Mr. Lime
15-08-10, 12:52
Bet you they worked it out using the internet :L
mikerr
15-08-10, 13:58
I dare say 90% of that is pron viewing. :P


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRgNOyCnbqg

YRgNOyCnbqg
Ice Tea
16-08-10, 12:33
LOL :D
sb89
16-08-10, 13:07
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRgNOyCnbqg

YRgNOyCnbqg

Rofl, makes me laugh everytime.:thumb:
Ice Tea
17-08-10, 05:46
Jeremy Clarkson on Top Gear in 1991 - Carbon Autogeddon :D

AH4icevQFZ8
sneeker
17-08-10, 10:33
The HAIR!!!!!!

You sure it wasnt about 1986 rather than 91 :D
Ice Tea
17-08-10, 11:52
Yeah i thought it was the 80's but Youtube has it tagged as 91. :)
Ice Tea
17-08-10, 12:47
Nothing to do with Carbon but it just has to be posted. :D

http://px5.sfstatic.com/thumbs/0002/62/28/2032682.jpg (http://www.streetfire.net/video/top-gear-reliant-robin_2032682.htm)Top Gear Reliant Robin (http://www.streetfire.net/video/top-gear-reliant-robin_2032682.htm)


.