The Shift Project has released a report pointing the finger at online video as a significant, and growing, cause of greenhouse gas emissions.
From New Scientist:
The transmission and viewing of online videos generates 300 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year, or nearly 1 per cent of global emissions. On-demand video services such as Netflix account for a third of this, with online pornographic videos generating another third.
[...] The authors call for measures to limit the emissions from online videos, such as preventing them from autoplaying and not transmitting videos in high definition when it is unnecessary. For instance, some devices can now display higher resolutions than people can perceive. The report says regulation will be necessary.
No word on the carbon footprints of HTTPS, JavaScript, or advertising.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday July 14 2019, @08:47AM (6 children)
save the planet
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(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Sunday July 14 2019, @11:18AM (5 children)
Trade-off of increased decoding complexity for decreased data rate. Which is the dominant factor?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday July 14 2019, @12:32PM (4 children)
Decoding complexity goes away once hardware decode support is available in GPUs and SoCs, which is what it will need to become widespread. Thus, data rate is the dominant factor.
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(Score: 2) by shortscreen on Sunday July 14 2019, @08:42PM (3 children)
But all the hardware that didn't support it goes to the landfill and needs to be replaced.
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday July 14 2019, @09:17PM (2 children)
That hardware can be reused to control sprinkler systems and low-grade sex robots.
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(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday July 14 2019, @10:15PM
And buying legacy hardware rather than the hot new thing to Jew Qualcomm and others out of new revenue as revenge for them hiring H1-B stinkies rather than real Americans.
(Score: 2) by krishnoid on Sunday July 14 2019, @11:51PM
And this carbon-sequestering device! [indiegogo.com]