Do Our Internet Habits Impact climate?
Did You Know
Internet is a huge part of our lives, but did you know that our internet habits can actually impact climate change? This episode explores how the way we use the internet can hurt the environment.
The energy needed for a single internet search or email is small, approximately 4.1 billion people, or 53.6% of the global population, now use the internet. Those scraps of energy, and the associated greenhouse gases emitted with each online activity, can add up. The carbon footprint of our gadgets, the internet and the systems supporting them account for about 3.7% of global greenhouse emissions, according to some estimates. It is similar to the amount produced by the airline industry globally
Do Our Internet Habits Impact climate?
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