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Computers have completely changed the world. Do we all use more carbon or less in total because of that 10% now being used for computing? What did we get for it
by ubercow13 7y ago
Computers have completely changed the world. Do we all use more carbon or less in total because of that 10% now being used for computing? What did we get for it compared to other uses of carbon?
- rgblambda 7y agoOne way to think of it: Computers enabled massive economic growth, which in turn led to higher carbon emissions. It would be interesting to try to quantify the increase/decrease in carbon emissions due to computing.