> "From data centres to transmission networks to the devices that we hold in our hands, it is all consuming electricity, and in turn producing carbon emissions.

> "From data centres to transmission networks to the devices that we hold in our hands, it is all consuming electricity, and in turn producing carbon emissions. According to recent estimates, the entire network already consumes 10% of global electricity production, with data traffic doubling roughly every two years." That's interesting. It's more than I would have guessed. I assume that's dominated by the energy used by data centers and whatever devices the users are using, and that all the switches in between are relatively cheap to run relative to how much they're used? Anyways, my suggestion is the obvious one: turn off all that ad and tracking nonsense. That's incompatible with the business model of a lot of popular sites, though. A good fallback may be to encourage everyone to use ad-blockers.