Hi Simon, Regarding second life - you may have point. I seem to remember there was some kind of survey based on google servers and their carbon foot print.
marc > OK, so what is the carbon footprint of flying in Second Life? This > probably uses a bit more processing power on both the server, the > network and the client computer than visiting a website. > > Sorry – I am being facetious... > > Regards > > Simon > > > Simon Biggs > Research Professor > edinburgh college of art > s.biggs@ eca .ac.uk > www. eca .ac.uk > www. eca .ac.uk/circle/ > > [email protected] > www.littlepig.org.uk > AIM/Skype: simonbiggsuk > > > *From: *Jason Nelson <[email protected]> > *Reply-To: *NetBehaviour for networked distributed creativity > <[email protected]> > *Date: *Thu, 16 Apr 2009 23:09:34 +1000 > *To: *<[email protected]> > *Subject: *[NetBehaviour] some stats fly vs net > > All, > > here are a few stats....to fly from Brisbane to LAX it costs the env > 4,184 lbs CO2 per person > http://www.terrapass.com/carbon-footprint-calculator/#air > > to use a website the CO2 carbon output is: > Wissner-Gross told TechNewsWorld. "Our work has nothing to do with > Google. Our focus was exclusively on the Web overall, and we found > that it takes on average about 20 milligrams of CO2 per second to > visit a Web site." > http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Harvard-Prof-Sets-Record-Straight-on-Internet-Carbon-Study-65794.html > > so that means...... 20 times 60 times 60 for one hour: 72000 > milligrams, roughly 3 ounces... > and lets say we err up....and times that by 100.....that would make > 300 ounces......or even > times 1000 for what reason I have no idea...just in case you have a > thousand websites running .... > 3000 ounces.......divided by 16 for lbs.......and we still get far > less.... > that of course doesnt count your laptop power....but then you use your > laptop on the plane now dont you. > > now of course my case is extreme.... so from London to Paris its 728 > lbs CO2 > still far less (maybe even a hundred times less or more) than the > average visit to a chat room.... > > Jason > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour > > Edinburgh College of Art (eca) is a charity registered in Scotland, number > SC009201 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > NetBehaviour mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
