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Environmental Impact of Music Streaming?

posted by janrinok on Monday February 18 2019, @06:54PM   Printer-friendly
from the it-makes-sense dept.

takyon writes:

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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  • (Score: 2) by The Mighty Buzzard on Tuesday February 19 2019, @12:50AM

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Tuesday February 19 2019, @12:50AM (#803283) Homepage Journal

    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.

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