How Much Electricity Does It Take to Run the Web?(switched.com)
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How Much Electricity Does It Take to Run the Web?
http://www.switched.com/2009/10/22/how-much-electricity-does-it-take-to-run-the-web/
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that sure was a lot of clicking and looking to get to '1.5% of the total US electricity usage'.
How much does it need: not much, according to this potato-powered web server
http://d116.com/spud/
http://d116.com/spud/
This figure would only be interesting if it were anywhere near the cost of the internet not existing. Without the internet there would, for example, be more car trips to shops which is a less effective use of energy. I am sure there are many other examples of a net saving in energy.
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So, in other words it's essentially nothing: $4.5B is about 0.3 promille of US GDP.
Or for example, just Apple alone could power a complete web US infrastructure for ~7.5 years with its current cash reserves.
Or for example, just Apple alone could power a complete web US infrastructure for ~7.5 years with its current cash reserves.
