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.
(Score: 2) by acid andy on Monday February 18 2019, @07:40PM (4 children)
How many kilowatts does humming a tune to yourself eat up? What about whistling? These are important questions.
If a cat has kittens, does a rat have rittens, a bat bittens and a mat mittens?
(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Monday February 18 2019, @07:52PM (3 children)
Irrelevant in my case. I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. I can learn to play anything on a guitar with enough practice but Row Row Row Your Boat is beyond my abilities if vocal cords are the desired instrument.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Touché) by RamiK on Monday February 18 2019, @09:38PM (1 child)
K get back to us when you're done: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fomb4YZC8x8 [youtube.com]
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(Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday February 19 2019, @12:50AM
Pass. Can and want to are different qualifiers. I've taught myself enough to play a few songs over the years but as soon as I learn the song well that I wanted to learn, I stop playing. I don't want to actually do it, I just want to know that I could if I wanted to.
My rights don't end where your fear begins.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by pipedwho on Monday February 18 2019, @10:21PM
Don't worry, I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket either. But, I can sing pitch perfectly without autotune anything in my 2 octave vocal range. Although, playing the guitar at the same time is much harder if either the vocals or guitar parts are really complicated.