The memes of the climate

And this figure is bullshit, streaming is not a very energy intensive activity. It's so much bullshit that the original estimate mixed up bit and bytes giving a 8x overestimation.

This IEA estimation place the final figure at around 100m of driving, and that is even less if your local grid has a low carbon footprint. And they conclude that in most cases the actual footprint comes from the viewing device itself.

https://www.iea.org/commentaries/the-carbon-footprint-of-streaming-video-fact-checking-the-headlines

Datacenter energy use is concerning but it's not because of streaming itself.

says experts

Motherfucker I hate this shit. Its always the "Society For Subtling Promoting HBOMax" or the "Institute of Generating Clickbait Headlines" behind these things.

Ok, idk where they get their data. Driving 4 miles generates on average 1.6kg of CO2 (src). Which is roughly equal to 2kWh oft energy, if we use coal, one of the dirtiest sources (src).

After my calculation, the internet uses 0.17kWh per GB of traffic (src) (800kWh•10e9)÷(4.7GB•10e12).

Now a 30min episode in 4k is maybe 2GB if the compression is unlucky. So about 0.34kWh

Your TV probably takes 50-200W which for 30min is 0.025-0.1kWh.

So after my crude calculation, it's ~1.6kg of CO2 for driving and ~0.4kg of CO2 for 30min Netflix, if we only use coal. Solar, Wind and Nuclear reduce that number drastically.

These numbers rely heavily on outright lying with statistics. I assume that 4 miles is just the fuel cost, while the Netflix figure is inclusive of all the hardware.

This is why nobody takes news seriously anymore - the people writing it clearly don't.

And you know what else I'm doing while watching TV? Not driving.

Fine. I'll order the DVD on Amazon, get it shipped from the factory to their distribution centre, then shipped to my house. I'm sure that's less than 4 miles worth of co2.

Do the morally good thing and pirate that shit

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