Thursday, October 1, 2020

The carbon footprint of the internet rivals that of all the world's airlines combined

The power to run the internet emits the same amount of CO2 as the entire airline industry, through fossil fuels burned to generate the 2% of total world electricity it demands. 
Streaming one hour of TV uses the same amount of electricity as running one LED light bulb for 5 days. 

From the episode "Clouds" of the show "Connected" with Latif Nasser. 

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