Carbon negative Internet
(This is cool: http://electricsheep.org/)
The global communications infrastructure contributes 2% of greenhouse gases.
Kathy Brown, Verizon: Networks and ICT is not part of the climate change policy dialog, but should be. The high-speed Internet saves energy.
Telecommuting: 600M Tons
Teleconferencing: 199.8M Tons
E-conservation: 67.2M Tons
E-commerce: 206.3 M Tons
Equals: 1b Tons
Not sure of the time scale (annually?) and if it's actual or projected.
Teleconferencing: First generation was jerky, so people walked away, but now Cisco has a good product, though it's expensive. "Every time I don't go to India, the amount of jet fuels I am saving allows me to use my teleconferencing technology twice a week for the whole year."
E-conservation: Downloading music, books, etc. Even shipping has better carbon footprint than a drive to the mall.
"But there is so much more": "By mapping out routes UPS saves 28.8 millions miles annuall ywhich results in roughly 3 million gallons of gas an Co2 emissions reductions of 31, 00 metric tons." -New York Times Apparently, the point was to avoid having UPS drivers from ever making a left turn. Also, look at Dash.
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- Nathaniel James
- Washington, DC, United States
- In my professional life, I'm the Campaign Coordinator at the Media and Democracy Coalition. Beyond my commitment to advancing the values of justice and democracy in the media sphere through policy change and advancing community media, I have an intense interest in the social structure and process of intra and inter-organizational collaboration; social networks and social network analysis; network theory; complex systems; and emergent phenomenon. The views expressed here are my own and don't reflect the positions of any organizational entity.