Especially since most request will originate from a Desktop or mobile client. For each requests, the client will surely display the result for a few seconds or

Especially since most request will originate from a Desktop or mobile client. For each requests, the client will surely display the result for a few seconds or even minutes, using way more energy than parsing those text protocols. Therefore, switching to a binary protocol can't make a big difference, not even for the comparatively small part of human energy consumption that's used for computing devices.