Is The Internet Endangering The Planet?

THE INTERNET all your planet are belong to IS KILLING THE PLANET* *MAYBE HOW MUCH DOES THE ENERGY USED AND CO, PRODUCED BY THE INTERNET AFFECT OUR WORLD? THE ENTIRE WORLD WILL BE ONLINE AROUND 2017*. IF NEW USERS CONTINUE TO JOIN THE INTERNET AT THE SAME RATE THEY DID BETWEEN 2000 - 2011 * HYPOTHETICALLY YEAR 2000 YEAR 2012 6 BILLION - WORLD POPULATION 7 BILLION - WORLD POPULATION 5 BILLION - MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS 500 MILLION - MOBILE SUBSCRIPTIONS 250 MILLION - INTERNET USERS 2 BILLION - INTERNET USERS THE FACT IS... IN 2005 THE UNITED STATES HAD A TOTAL OF 10.3 MILLION DATA CENTERS THAT YEAR THESE DATA CENTERS CONSUMED ENOUGH ENERGY TO POWER THE ENTIRE UK FOR 2 MONTHS. 61,000,000,000 kWh THE GOOD NEWS IS... FROM THE YEAR 2000 TO 2006 TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION ONLY ROSE 200% 32,000,000% WHILE TOTAL INTERNET TRAFFIC ROSE IF VEHICLE EFFICIENCY HAD GROWN AT THE SAME RATE... IF IN 2000 YOU BOUGHT A BRAND NEW CAR THAT HAD AN 18 GALLON GAS TANK, AND COULD TRAVEL 450 MILES (25 MPG) TODAY THAT SAME CAR THROUGH ADVANCES IN EFFICIENCY COULD TRAVEL 7,200,000,000 MILES (400,000,000 MPG) In other words, you would still be on the same tank of gas you purchased in 2000, not last week. CO2 BENEFITS OF TELECOMMUTING I Í Î 40% OF US WORKERS COULD TECHNICALLY WORK FROM HOME Yet, even with advances in technology making work-from-home a viable possibility only 2.5% of US workers telecommute to work. 1 I I Í ÍÍ Í i Í IF THE 40% OF US WORKERS WHO COULD, WOULD TELECOMMUTE JUST 2 DAYS A WEEK... I I I ÍÍ Í Í i Carbon emissions would be reduced by 53 million metric tons a year. =1 million Workers Despite little supervision, part-time teleworkers' productivity generally increases between 25% - 40% TRANSLATING TO AN ADDITIONAL 5.5 MILLION MAN YEARS OF WORK IN THE US EVERY YEAR! CO, FACTS ONE GOOGLE SEARCH for “soylent green"... produces the same amount of CO, as driving a car 3 inches. 5,100 GOOGLE SEARCHES for “nilbog"... produces the same amount of CO, as 1 cycle through an EnergyStar Dishwasher. 15,000 GOOGLE SEARCHES for “funny cat pictures". produces the same amount of CO, as making a cheezburger. Every Month, Google produces EVERY MONTH, THE PROCESS, CONSUMES 260,000 3,900,000 kg kWh CO: TO PROCESS USERS SEARCHES OF ENERGY THAT'S ENOUGH TO POWERA FREEZER FOR 5,400 YEARS THAT'S ENOUGH TO WASH 5,000,000 LOADS OF LAUNDRY! SP4M EM4ILS A single Spam message produces the equivalent of 0.3 grams of CO, 62 TRILLION SPAM EMAILS ARE SENT EACH YEAR PRODUCING THE EQUIVALENT CO, EMISSIONS AS 1.6 MILLION CARS DRIVING AROUND THE EARTH http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/powering-google-search.html http://www.infogrophicshowcose.com/how-much-energy does-o-google-search-cost-infographic http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/05/energy-and-internet.html http://www.energysavingtrust.orkuk/Resources/Energy-savings-news/Renewable-energy2/Internet-s-energy-consumption-growing-report-finds/lenergysavingtrust)/697758 http://www.guordian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/03/Internet-carbon-footprint http://uclue.com/index.php?xq=724 http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/internet-energy-efficlency-increasing-electricity.php http://www.cool-compoinies.org/energy/debunk.cfm http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/21/internet-energy-use-myth/ http://ifeatluthien.com/wireless_outsider/tp40 http://maps.gridono/go/graphic/exomples-of-ghg-emission-amounts-generated-by-different-octivities-or-goods http://www.goforyourlife.vic.gov.ou/hov/articles.nst/pages/Burn_baby_burnlopen http://oigoom.com/cleantech/internet-power-growing-but-becoming-more-energy-efficient/ http://evanmills. Iblgov/commentory/docs/carbonemissons.pdf http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/06/persistent-myth-internet-energy-hog-php http://www.lbl.gov/Sclence-Articles/Archive/net-energy-studies.html http://climateprogress.org/2010/06/21/Internet- htap://www.the-numbers.com/marker http://businessofcinema.com/news.phpinewsid=13881 http//solorponglspowernet/solor-pwer/solor powered-movies redoce-co2-impocts-of-hollywood 1wmotoring.cauk/cor-news/holly wood-stars-drive-sco-friendly-cars 15297 http://www.ioeuco.edu/reportcord/article.aspiparenfid=361 http://undresndsuccess.com/tesearch/pros-cons http://ww.letermetbusiness.co.uk/ 2010/08/12/facebook-costs-businesses-aillions-in-lost-time/ http://www.trupela.com/2010/01/05/spamstotistics-for- 2009 htp://ww.csmonitor.com/lonovanion/Horizons/ 2009/0415/whats-the-corbon-footprint-of-email- http://www.nternetworldstorscom/emarketing.ham http://www.vecteezy.com/Birds-Animals/26104-Free-Vector-Cot SPONSORED BY W WordStream IN HONOR OF EARTH DAY 2012 ay-use-myth/