The internet uses up huge amounts of electricity, contributing to greenhouse gas emissions. And besides, most of our electricity is from hydropower, which has no emissions.”Marg: “It’s not your power use that I’m worried about. It’s the electricity running the Facebook data centres. I’ve heard that if the internet were a country, it would be the 6th biggest user of electricity in the world. Facebook’s nearest servers to New Zealand are in Singapore, however, whose power comes predominantly from burning natural gas.”Me (under my breath): “Humm.

Source: Stuff June 03, 2020 16:52 UTC