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How streaming music could be harming the planet
Once vinyl or a CD is purchased, it can be played over and over again, the only carbon cost coming from running the record player. However, if we listen to our streamed music using a hi-fi sound system it's estimated to use 107 kilowatt hours of electricity a year, costing about £15.00 to run. A CD player uses 34.7 kilowatt hours a year and costs £5 to run.
Solution: Use a smartphone or laptop with headphones unless you are playing music for guests. Download the songs you play repeatedly.
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You know, the difference between this company and the Titanic is that the
Titanic had paying customers.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @07:30PM (4 children)
My way...
1) Call my entertainment manager on my cell phone to book a private concert in Bermuda and hire support staff
2) Take my private jet to Bermuda, the support staff and bands are flown in on separate flights
3) Start a large bonfire
4) Enjoy my playlist
HRC
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @07:38PM (3 children)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @07:50PM (1 child)
iPhones, basement servers, and hard drives
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Monday February 18 2019, @09:18PM
and lots of cloths.
--- Please remind me if I haven't been civil to you: I'm channeling MDC. ---Gaaark 2.0 ---
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @10:01PM
Don't worry, they'll light it up, but they won't inhale.
Might be few dead bodies in there, but that's just part of doing business.