tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post6082127253704513156..comments2023-11-03T11:37:04.473+00:00Comments on nothing new under the sun: Choking on coalbyron smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-71453711187041835892010-11-15T13:11:53.110+00:002010-11-15T13:11:53.110+00:00BBC: "In the future, the 'Green 500' ...<a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-11734909" rel="nofollow">BBC</a>: "In the future, the 'Green 500' will be the important list, where computers are listed according to their efficiency."byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-67787510648239750972010-10-21T16:49:03.793+01:002010-10-21T16:49:03.793+01:00Hey I seem to have missed these comments and those...Hey I seem to have missed these comments and those on the other thread until now. I came across <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/green-living-blog/2010/oct/21/carbon-footprint-email" rel="nofollow">this article</a> and remembered our discussion back here and found that you've added more interesting thoughts.<br /><br />I won't say more about this particular topic, though I&#byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-12270556197005383872010-09-18T07:50:24.983+01:002010-09-18T07:50:24.983+01:00Byron, I have read that article again more careful...Byron, I have read that article again more carefully (the one which estimates that the internet is responsible for only 1% of the world's carbon footprint). Their calculations are only based on running costs.<br /><br />They have excluded, for instance, the footprint created to build all those machines in the first place (and continually upgrade/maintain them), not to mention the footprint Jerethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-90517358817410004722010-09-18T07:28:49.637+01:002010-09-18T07:28:49.637+01:00Check out this wikipedia article:
http://en.wikipe...Check out this wikipedia article:<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_Internet_GrowthJerethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-454886448556003852010-09-18T07:27:21.788+01:002010-09-18T07:27:21.788+01:00More on the hidden pollution of the internet:
Wha...More on the hidden pollution of the internet:<br /><br />What is required for 3 billion people to check their emails, search google, tweet, share their photos, and update their Facebook status using their mobile phones, laptops and PDAs? Answer: a massive network of telecommunications towers, transmitters, receivers and satellites all operating 24/7.<br /><br />How much carbon is emitted every Jerethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-87261871235125645032010-09-18T02:52:16.262+01:002010-09-18T02:52:16.262+01:00G'day Byron,
I am satisfied that you appear t...G'day Byron,<br /><br />I am satisfied that you appear to be morally consistent in your own personal thinking and practice. (I commend you for deleting your Facebook photos! Well done!) However the point i was trying to make here was not about you personally.<br /><br />There seems no reason to doubt that quote from the Guardian article about the colossal energy consumption of the internet Jerethnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-22608963316428644722010-09-17T15:28:40.213+01:002010-09-17T15:28:40.213+01:00With all those things considered, I still do try t...With all those things considered, I still do try to reduce the impact of my online behaviour: I very rarely replace electrical hardware and avoid unnecessary purchases, our home electricity is from <a href="http://www.goodenergy.co.uk/" rel="nofollow">100% renewable sources</a>, the electricity of the university has a large renewable share (I haven't checked the exact figure recently), I'byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-48148076273192743632010-09-17T15:28:19.445+01:002010-09-17T15:28:19.445+01:00Jereth - My campaign is for Christians to love the...Jereth - My campaign is for Christians to love their neighbour in service of God and for those who don't yet know Christ to hear and believe the good news.<br /><br />Since anthropogenic climate change is one of the effects of a culture based on the pursuit of more and more consumption, and since the negative effects (in general) are falling and will fall first and hardest on the world's byron smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17938334606675769903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28189019.post-81910205813581477532010-09-17T13:25:08.561+01:002010-09-17T13:25:08.561+01:00Byron, I wonder if you have taken these issues int...Byron, I wonder if you have taken these issues into consideration in your campaign against global warming:<br /><br />http://www.conceivablytech.com/1949/business/greenpeace-attacks-facebook%E2%80%99s-power-supply/<br /><br />http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/2010/sep/01/facebook-renewable-energy-coal<br /><br />http://www.trendsspotting.com/blog/?p=487<br /><br />http://www.treehugger.com/Jerethnoreply@blogger.com