Also interesting would be the carbon emissions saved by technology. Eg, teleconferencing v jumping in a car or a plane, virtual v bricks and mortar store, web site v libraries and newspapers, computerised v non computerised supply chain, etc.
Every activity replaces something else. Beware of headline figures. Jim On 1 October 2014 21:14, jore <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Linkers, > > Quick Q---does any one here know of any useful information documenting > the environmental impacts of webhosting, specific to climate change? > > I've stumbled on some stats here, and want to dig further to check it out: > https://www.greengeeks.com/going-green/ > > Thanks > > --- > > Your Website has a Carbon Footprint. > > Website hosting servers pull energy from the grid, most of that energy > comes from fossil fuels. Each web hosting server produces 1390 pounds of > CO2 each year! There are tens of millions of servers worldwide and > growth in web hosting services is estimated to be greater than 400% each > year for the foreseeable future. > > > > On Pace to Surpass Jetfuel Pollution. > > At current estimates the airline industry contributes to 3.5% of global > climate change. By 2050 the airline industry is expected to contribute > to over 5% of global climate change. Information technology is expanding > far more rapidly and should exceed 3.5% of global climate change by 2020 > and most likely shall contribute 5% of global climate change far before > 2050. > > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
