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Could we somehow estimate how much electricity unnecessary design - mostly meaning unnecessary js running on pages - costs the planet? I guess it was done alrea

by patkai 8y ago

Could we somehow estimate how much electricity unnecessary design - mostly meaning unnecessary js running on pages - costs the planet? I guess it was done already...

amiga-workbench 8y ago
Javascript is probably second only to bitcoin from a carbon footprint standpoint.
- andirk 8y ago
  Please elborate. Because javascript burns battery om a laptop?
  - thesmok 8y ago
    Yes, running JS takes energy. Also, transferring this extra data over the network, running servers that process data transferred by JS (ad tracking) and running computers used by frontend developers.