here is the one about second life avatars having the same footprint as the average brasilian: http://www.roughtype.com/archives/2006/12/avatars_consume.php
marc garrett wrote: > 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 > > -- ____________________________________________________________ helen varley jamieson: creative catalyst [email protected] http://www.creative-catalyst.com http://www.avatarbodycollision.org http://www.upstage.org.nz http://www.writerfind.com/hjamieson.htm ____________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
