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Data centers are more efficient than people managing that same amount in their own homes or office. Also, "1%....might come from burning coal....if it did....i
by hereme888 7y ago
Data centers are more efficient than people managing that same amount in their own homes or office.
Also, "1%....might come from burning coal....if it did....it would result in 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2".
"Might"? "If" it did? How is that unreal theory useful to anyone?
- mahic 7y agoDisclaimer: I'm the author of the article. I'm not sure which part of it you believe is unreal, but I'll try to clarify; - the 1% electricity consumption of total world consumption is real - based on research done by IEA (https://www.iea.org/reports/tracking-buildings/data-centres-and-data-transmission-networks https://www.iea.org/reports/tracking-buildings/data-centres-...) - The calculation on the effect of generating 200TWh of electricity from burning coal is 1.2 billion tonnes of CO2 emission is real - the link in the article points to the estimation - the fact that most of world's energy comes from fossile sources is real. While it's not 100% from coal, 67% is from fossile fuels; https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-information-2019 https://www.iea.org/reports/electricity-information-2019 And some countries are worse than others. https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/10/asia/china-data-center-carbon-emissions-intl-hnk/index.html https://edition.cnn.com/2019/09/10/asia/china-data-center-ca...
- hereme888 7y agoThanks for clarifying