wow.
thats a lot for internet.
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Equipment powering the internet accounts for 9.4% of electricity demand in the U.S., and 5.3% of global demand, according to research by David Sarokin at online pay-for-answers service Uclue. Worldwide, that's 868 billion kilowatt-hours per year.
The total includes the energy used by desktop computers and monitors (which makes up two-thirds of the total), plus other energy sinks including modems, routers, data processing equipment and cooling equipment.
wow.
thats a lot for internet.
They should make these things use less power, that's too much.
My computer is always on, but I turn off the monitor when I'm not here.
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