The internet eats up less energy than you might think

Post by tgsovlerkhgsel » Mon, Jun 28, 2021, 2:09 AM UTC

slavik81 wrote: post #63

tgsovlerkhgsel wrote: post #54

News sites love interesting headlines, researchers and university PR departments love being in the news, often much more than they value truth. The easiest way to get impressive research on power consumption is to use old per-unit consumption numbers to extrapolate power consumption based on today's usage (e.g. if transferring 1 GB of data took 1 kWh many years ago, just multiply "GB transferred today" with 1 kWh and…

> Every GB of data uses 5 kWh [in 2021] That should say 2012.

Post by CyberRabbi » Tue, Jun 29, 2021, 5:25 AM UTC

cowvin wrote: post #92

CyberRabbi wrote: post #30

Government should start legislating that non-renewable energy companies must gradually raise their prices to a level such that demand is decreased to a sustainable level. That would be an easy thing for them to do and the outcome is a must if it’s for the survival of the planet. Does anyone know why this policy has not been implemented?

The government typically doesn't mandate companies set their prices to a certain level. Instead, they add taxes that then raise the price of the item. For example, there's already a gasoline tax.