Is the Internet bad for the environment?

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In this Our Changing Climate environmental video essay, I look at the environmental impact of the internet. Specifically, I dig into how the internet works through data centers and networks, both of which contribute to global greenhouse gas emissions through massive energy demand. In all, the internet does have a huge energy demand, but that doesn't necessarily mean that it has to create a lot of emissions. If the data centers and networks behind the internet instead rely on renewable energies then the internet can possibly be a positive environmental force.

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Resources:
1. Click Clean Environmental Report (Greenpeace): http://www.clickclean.org/internation...
2. Infographic: The Carbon Footprint of the Internet (Climate Care): https://climatecare.org/infographic-t...
3. On Global Electricity Usage of Communication Technology: Trends to 2030 (Andrae & Edler): https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/6/1/11...
4. Energy Consumption in Wired and Wireless Access Networks (Baliga et al.): https://people.eng.unimelb.edu.au/rtu...
5. Power Trends in Communication Networks (Blume et al.): https://www.academia.edu/13476246/Pow...
6. Worldwide electricity consumption of communication networks (Lambert et al.): https://www.osapublishing.org/oe/abst...
7. Carbon Footprinting the Internet (Joel Gombiner): https://journals.cdrs.columbia.edu/wp...

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