I was sufficiently annoyed by this article that I actually shouted "BATTERIES, YOU IDIOT". Google said in 2011 that a single Google search uses about 0.3Wh of

I was sufficiently annoyed by this article that I actually shouted "BATTERIES, YOU IDIOT". Google said in 2011 that a single Google search uses about 0.3Wh of power. A typical mobile phone battery has a capacity of about 12Wh. Peer-to-peer systems are almost always less efficient than client-server systems, often by a large factor. You do the math as to whether a peer-to-peer internet based on mobile phones is even remotely viable. https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/technology/google-details-and-defends-its-use-of-electricity.html https://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/09/technology/google-details...