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>into the world. Binge-watching shows on Netflix for a month straight contributes to as much carbon emissions as a flight from London to New York I was under t
by traverseda 7y ago
>into the world. Binge-watching shows on Netflix for a month straight contributes to as much carbon emissions as a flight from London to New York
I was under the impression that one of the primary costs of airfare was fuel? I get that power plants are using a cheaper type of fuel than jet fuel, but some back of the envelope math suggests that netflix must be getting their fuel/energy for at least an order of magnitude less then airplanes are getting their fuel/energy. It implies that if you binge watch enough shows on netflix they're actually making a sizable loss on energy costs alone...
- willbw 7y agoNetflix aren’t paying for all the energy costs. You are, and your isp is, etc
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- zxcmx 7y agoI'm finding this super difficult to believe, it doesn't pass my internal BS detector. Anyone know how they arrived at this? Quick order of magnitude calc: Googling "London to New York flight carbon emissions" I get 0.67 tonnes CO2 in the infobox. Using https://www.powershop.com.au/carbon-calculator/ https://www.powershop.com.au/carbon-calculator/ as a quick guide, they reckon 0.66 tons CO2 would be generated by power use of about 620 kWh. Suppose I watch for 12h a day, 30 days, 360h, they're claiming I'm responsible for power draw of clickety clack 1.7kW continous? (split between me, netflix and transit) To stream some video? Get outta here... My napkin suggests they're exaggerating by about a factor of 10.
- mewpmewp2 7y agoI did not understand whether they meant the whole flight or just one person flying which would be an important distinction to make.
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- TheCoelacanth 7y agoThe 0.67 tonnes is quoted as per passenger. If it is supposed to mean the whole flight, then their assertion just becomes even more ludicrous.
- ehnto 7y agoAs the other commenter suggested, the costs aren't central to Netflix. They're including your home PC, network and ISP infrastructure in the cost. edit: Sorry, I didn't read your comment all the way through. You accounted for that.