And I heard that doing one google search was equivalent to boiling a full kettle of water.
Also what about Yann Arthus-Bertrand's trick : http://programmes.france2.fr/vu-du-ciel/accueil.htm (it's french) after he produces his TV show, he plants as much trees as needed to balance all the CO² he generated with helicopters and planes... (see here http://www.actioncarbone.org/en/index.php) ++++++++ Clément On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 12:25 AM, helen varley jamieson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
