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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: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @04:42PM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday February 19 2019, @04:42PM (#803528)

    >Some climate change deniers I speak with are skeptical of climate change because of the possible agendas of control behind the people pushing it. Meaning, one world government bullshit being forced down our throats in the form of controls to combat climate change.

    The loonies who think that civilization and science are Marxist plots cannot be reasoned with. There's no point in coddling them either. The longer we coddle them, the longer they vote for the scumbags who feed their delusions.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @10:22AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday February 20 2019, @10:22AM (#803942)

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