Your Computer is Causing Global Warming

[rounit]

Did you know that you're causing global warming just by reading this article on your computer screen?

Or that a medium-sized server has the same annual carbon footprint of an SUV that gets 15 miles to the gallon?

Well, shame on you for not being aware of just how harmful to the environment your laptop is, because according to an English environmental organization called Global Action Plan, the Information and Computer Technology industry is about to surpass the aviation industry in annual carbon dioxide emissions.

I kid you not.

Here are some of the highlights of this organization's paper on the matter entitled "An Inefficient Truth":
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* Gartner, the ICT research and advisory company, estimates that the manufacture of ICT equipment, its use and disposal accounts for 2% of global CO2 emissions which is equivalent to the aviation industry
* Servers and data centres have become integral to business but as the size and capacity of these servers increase, so too does the energy consumed by them
* The intensive power requirements needed to run and cool data centres now account for around a quarter of the ICT sector's CO2 emissions
* It is estimated that a medium-sized server has roughly the same annual carbon footprint as an SUV vehicle doing 15 miles per gallon
* The manufacturing process for computers is very energy intensive. A recent study at the United Nations University in Tokyo found that most electrical products consume around 95% of lifecycle fossil fuels when in use; however, 75% of PC fossil fuel consumption has already happened before the computer is even switched on for the first time
* Furthermore, the study found that the manufacture of one PC requires about 1.7 tonnes of raw materials and water, and consumes over ten times the computer's weight in fossil fuels.

So, do the world a favor and turn your darned computer off!

[talkingcomet]

will do it for now

[Gigacore]

nice info..

source is missing

[cool_techie_tvm]

Source : http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sh...global-warming

[naveen_reloaded]

Sorry dude cant resist...

But am using gigabyte motherboard which they say is eco friendly...

But next time when i buy a pc i will try to buy eco friendly peripherals..

GO PLANET!(remember huh? When your power combines i am captain PLANET.. )

[gxsaurav]

What.....


(Throws computer out of the Windows, buys a W960i & starts working )

[alienspiesu]

damn dude.. a nice pice of info.. wil giv it a thot..

[New]

Going to shut down now

[naveen_reloaded]

Bye new...
This is the last we will see yöü huh?

[New]

^Bond is back every comp user should plant a tree

[rounit]

gud idea 2 plant a tree

[Cool G5]

Nice info.
Feels sad that we are helpless.
Everybody in this forum go plant one tree now itself.

[din]

@rounit

You opened my eyes

I will shut down all PCs here form night 11.30 to morning 6.30 to reduce global warming ..

LOL, kidding

But very nice information. Thanks for posting.

[ax3]

nice 1 ......

planting small trees is a good idea ....... bt increasing population might result in CUTTING them 2, which is already happening .......

more MALLS, CARS et all ..... affect 2 ........

[Batistabomb]

we can't live without a computer, once think about software industry

[fun2sh]

i knew abt this that computers contribute to the global warmin BUT ACTUALLY I DIDNT GET THIS POST HERE!!

firstly its ok in the post that manufacturin requires a lot of energy which contributes to greenhouse gases n secondly runnin a computer too uses energry n same things as abve happens.....

BUT HOW THE HELL laptops producin Carbon dioxide directly. also power consumption of laptops is very low so it wont contribute to greenhouse that much??