| "By some estimates, the internet now uses 2% of the world's electricity" I'm not even sure what that means but it sounds deeply scary when linked to the usual tech industries exponential growth. It feels like we're only a few doubling periods away from mankind devoting all it's remaining resources towards maintaining the computronium. But then we're still a long way from constructing nested Matrioshka shells to capture and completely use all the sun's energy output. http://www.theguardian.com/sustainable-business/internet-sustainability-renewable-power http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matrioshka_brain http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accelerando   The internet can be a force for sustainability if powered by renewables »The good work of web pioneers is held back by other tech giants who refuse to admit the impact of their energy use [from: Google+ Posts] |
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