[Wolves] Environmental impact of websites

[bambam at opendildonics.org]

My first thought is to do a small calculation:

Making and distributing harcopy costs trees and so in turn
costs CO2 (since the trees aren't around to use up the CO2).

Distributing over the web costs power: which in turn comes
from (mostly) fossil fuels and so costs us CO2 emissions.

Perhaps you could discuss the balance of these two and
contributing factors to both?

Just a quick thought.

bambam

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On Tue, 20 Jan 2004, Matthew Revell wrote:

> Howdy all,
>
> I'm researching an article on the environmental impact of websites.
> There's been some talk, in recent years, of how publishing via the web is
> more environmentally friendly, than traditional paper-based publishing.
>
> I'm in the early stages of putting together my research, so I don't have
> any definite questions to ask and I won't ask them in here, anyway.
> However, if anyone has an interest in the subject, please let me know at
> matt.revell at contentpeople.co.uk, and we can have a chat. There's a beer in
> it, for anyone who's particularly helpful :)
>
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