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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. Suddenly the MPAA & RIAA become Environentalis by he1icine · · Score: 1, Troll

    You know someone over at the MPAA or RIAA is going to spin this in a way that pits pirates as harmful to the future of the planet on an environmental level now too.

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  2. Flawed research by timmarhy · · Score: 0, Troll
    Only desktop computers aren't just for the internet - this fuckwit didn't account for that did he.

    yet more flawed finding from some bozo - not news.

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  3. Re:Close to accurate? by dgatwood · · Score: 0, Troll

    550 watts? That's positively tiny. My current computer's supply is an entire kilowatt. :-)

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  4. Re:Suddenly the MPAA & RIAA become Environenta by Watson+Ladd · · Score: 0, Troll

    Why is this a troll? It's a dry witticism about the standards of "evidence" the MAFIAA employ when arguing for themselves.

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