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Internet Uses 9.4% of Electricity In the US

Posted by Zonk on from the that's-it dept.

ribuck writes "Equipment powering the internet accounts for 9.4% of electricity demand in the U.S., and 5.3% of global demand, according to research by David Sarokin at online pay-for-answers service Uclue. Worldwide, that's 868 billion kilowatt-hours per year. The total includes the energy used by desktop computers and monitors (which makes up two-thirds of the total), plus other energy sinks including modems, routers, data processing equipment and cooling equipment."

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  1. where's the derivative factoid by circletimessquare · · Score: 5, Funny

    about World of Warcraft, a fictitious "country", using 10x more electricity than a real country, Vanuatu?

    i actually just pulled that factoid out of my ass, but i'd bet good money, considering this research on the Internet and power usage, that it is true after all

    Save Vanuatu! Unplug WoW!

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    1. Re:where's the derivative factoid by rolfwind · · Score: 5, Funny

      i actually just pulled that factoid out of my ass
      Welcome to the Internet, you just became a full fledged member.
  2. 99.9% by SevenHands · · Score: 5, Funny

    and 99.9 percent of this 9.4% is a result of pr0n!

    1. Re:99.9% by Tablizer · · Score: 2, Funny

      and 99.9 percent of this 9.4% is a result of pr0n!

      But it makes up for it all by reducing the birth rate.

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    2. Re:99.9% by TheCrazyMonkey · · Score: 2, Funny

      Were you referring to the internet, or the pr0n?
      wait, what's the difference?
  3. What nonsense. by Kingrames · · Score: 3, Funny

    Tubes require no electricity!

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    1. Re:What nonsense. by micksam7 · · Score: 2, Funny

      But the tube pumps do!

  4. Blame Game by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's Al Gore's fault.

  5. Re:Oxygen to the Brain by Tablizer · · Score: 5, Funny

    This figures.... doesn't the brain use about 30% of the blood oxygen.

    I fownd if i skip spailing and grammr i cut my brane oxign yusag in haf. i gotta green brane, dood

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  6. Re:And... by User+956 · · Score: 5, Funny

    So...? What, you want us to turn them all off?

    Yes, as a matter of fact Ted Stevens has introduced a Senate Bill to install a switch in his office, so he can turn off the internet when he's not using it.

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  7. Re:And... by MoriaOrc · · Score: 2, Funny

    Personally, I've always preferred the "Big Red Button" approach.

  8. Re:If we just used blade computers and LCD screens by stonecypher · · Score: 3, Funny

    Why should a "desktop" computer crank out so much heat? My son's Mac Mini doesn't.
    You might as well condemn a commercial stove for dumping more heat than a Tastybake Oven, given that it and the Mac are both powered by dim bulbs.
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  9. Re:But what does it save? by Charcharodon · · Score: 2, Funny

    Internet use has cut my heating bill in the winter by 75%. My two computers keep my house toasty and warm.