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Powering the Internet: Your Virtual Carbon Footprint

Powering the Internet: Your Virtual Carbon Footprint Carbon footprint: Total amount of greenhouse gases produced to directly and indirectly support human activities, usually expressed in equivalent tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). 4% Annual global CO2 emissions: 39.9 billion tons Digital technologies account for: of greenhouse gas emissions How does the Internet produce CO2? Much of that energy Data centers are connected with miles of undersea cables, switches, and routers that need energy to run comes from ver The Internet relies on sources like coal, natural gas, and petroleum that emit CO2 as they burn fossil fuels physical servers in data centers around the world Technology companies emit CO2 by manufacturing and shipping hardware like: Servers Computers Smartphones CO2 emissions: Top 5 countries with the highest number of Internet users China 27% 854 million Internet users of global CO2 emissions India 6.8% 560 million Internet users of global CO2 emissions United States 15% 313 million Internet users of global CO2 emissions Indonesia 1.4% 171 million lInternet users of global CO2 emissions Brazil 1.3% 149 million Internet users of global CO2 emissions Global Internet users: Global yearly CO2 emissions: 4.6 billion 39.9 billion tons Global CO2 produced daily by Internet activities YouTube Global CO2 produced daily: Co2 equivalent: 6 billion grams (6 grams CO2 per hour) Driving to the moon 1 billion hours watched daily 62 times Email CO2 equivalent: Global CO2 produced daily: 306 billion emails Driving to the moon sent/received daily 1.2 trillion grams (4 grams CO2 per email) 12,000 times Global CO2 produced daily: co2 equivalent: Facebook + 1.7 billion daily 1.3 billion grams (0.8 grams CO2 per user per day) Driving to the moon active users 13 times Google Search Co2 equivalent: Global CO2 produced daily: 700 million grams (0.2 grams CO2 per search) Driving to the moon 3.5 billion 7 times daily searches Tweet Global CO2 produced daily: Co2 equivalent: 100 million grams (0.2 grams CO2 per tweet) 500 million Driving to the moon daily tweets 1 time Text Global CO2 produced daily: Co2 equivalent: 261.8 million grams (0.014 grams CO2 per text) SMS 18.7 billion Driving to the moon text messages 3 times daily *CO2 produced by driving 1 mile: 404 grams *Miles to moon: 238,855 How to reduce your carbon footprint online Switch to cloud computing Companies can cut CO2 emissions by 50% by switching to cloud-based data storage. Lower monitor brightness Dimming your monitor from 100%- 70% can save up to 20% of the energy it uses. Adjust power settings Set your computer to enter sleep mode while taking a break. Laptops burn 15-60 watts of energy while in use and only 2-5 watts of energy in sleep mode. Unplug devices Even when powered down, computers continue to draw 0.5-2 watts of energy if plugged in. Download instead of stream Downloading means you only pull data from the server once. Brought to you by: Web FX Sources: bbc.com/future/article/20200305-why-your-internet-habits-are-not-as-clean- as-you-think blog.mozilla.org/firefox/digital-carbon-footprint/ blog.twitter.com/engineering/en_us/a/2013/new-tweets-per-second-record-a nd-how.html climatecare.org/infographic-the-carbon-footprint-of-the-internet/ epa.gov/greenvehicles/greenhouse-gas-emissions-typical-passenger-vehicle internetworldstats.com/top20.htm medium.com/bsg-sms/50-texting-statistics-that-can-quench-everyones-curi osity-even-mine-7591b61031f5 ourworldindata.org/co2-and-other-greenhouse-gas-emissions qz.com/1267709/every-google-search-results-in-co2-emissions-this-real-tim e-dataviz-shows-how-much/ socialmediatoday.com/news/facebook-climbs-to-25-billion-monthly-active-u sers-but-rising-costs-imped/571358/ spaceplace.nasa.gov/moon-distance/en/ statista.com/statistics/456500/daily-number-of-e-mails-worldwide/ techhq.com/2018/09/are-you-thinking-about-your-digital-carbon-footprint/ theguardian.com/environment/2011/nov/07/cloud-computing-cut-carbon-emis sions theshiftproject.org/en/article/unsustainable-use-online-video/ youtube.com/about/press/ CO2

Powering the Internet: Your Virtual Carbon Footprint

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What’s the Internet’s carbon footprint? Check out this infographic to learn how much CO2 is produced by daily Internet activities!

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