Tech News 1: Could video streaming be as bad for the climate as driving a car? Calculating Internet's hidden carbon foot

[bob_turner]

We are used to thinking that going digital means going green. While that is true for some activities—for example, making a video call to the other side of the ocean is better than flying there—the situation is subtler in many other cases. For example, driving a small car to the movie theater with a friend may have lower carbon emissions than streaming the same movie alone at home.

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