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I wonder if it's possible to measure energy spent in court cases? One of the things that amazed me about spam was how many resources we spend just transmitting
by tetrep 10y ago
I wonder if it's possible to measure energy spent in court cases? One of the things that amazed me about spam was how many resources we spend just transmitting it across the internet, it's kind of tragic when you think about the waste, but also kinda awesome that everything still works, despite relatively poor resource allocation.
The Economics of Spam: http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.26.3.87 http://pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/10.1257/jep.26.3.87
- jerf 10y agoYou'd have to define what you mean a lot more carefully. Certainly any sort of network transmission costs would be dominated by, say, climate control in the court room.
- tlrobinson 10y agoI think the parent commenter was just using spam as an example of an activity that uses a disproportionate amount of energy compared to it's value. The court room climate control costs would likely be dominated by energy expended for every involved individuals' commutes, which would likely be dominated by the opportunity cost of all of those individuals doing something more productive (if you want to go that far)