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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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(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Monday February 18 2019, @07:10PM (1 child)
I keep my local collection for one reason only.
Streaming is *massively* more convenient. Like it is not even close.
However, streaming is a form of DRM. It can just 'poof' go away. I do not like that at all. Hence my large pile of local that *I* control.
(Score: 2) by urza9814 on Tuesday February 19 2019, @02:57PM
Yeah, personally I get most of my new music from Amazon on Bandcamp. Preferably Bandcamp, as they're both better quality files and give a better cut to the artist. I then keep it on an SD card in my phone and I have easy access anywhere I could want it....which is a large part of why I refuse to purchase any phone without an SD card slot and a headphone jack :)