Technology 11 July 2019
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.
This means the watching of pornographic videos generates as much CO2 per year as is emitted by countries such as Belgium, Bangladesh and Nigeria.
That’s the conclusion of a French think tank called The Shift Project. Earlier this year, it estimated that digital technologies produce 4 per cent of greenhouse gas emissions and that this figure could soar to 8 per cent by 2025.
Now it has estimated the CO2 emissions due to online videos alone. The report’s authors used 2018 reports by companies Cisco and Sandvine to work out global video internet traffic. They then estimated how much electricity was used to carry this video data and view it on different devices, from phones to TVs.
Finally, they estimated the overall emissions using global average figures for carbon emissions from electricity generation.
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It’s Friday.
So, I’ll just say I couldn’t find the Seinfeld clip where Elaine says something like …”computers are worth it, if only for the porn”.
Belgium didn’t waffle during the Battle of The Bulge – and neither should you – erect your edifice- and beat back those who wish to boink you – in the process you’ll fertilize the atmosphere – and with the help of Sun’s photosphere – make the planet greener still
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Belgium simply existed during the Battle of the Bulge.
Sadly, Belgium citizens in the way of the German attack suffered tremendously. They may have survived slightly better during the allied recovery of Belgium territory; but Belgium’s buildings and infrastructure suffered tremendously as Germans tried to make the Allies battle for every foot.
Belgium Resistance fighters kept operating in secret as they had since Germany first invaded them. Overt actions resulted in German retaliation against civilians.
Yeah, but pornhub doesn’t falsify it’s emission numbers to be larger nor does it use fudge factors to make it have 10x the actual effect in models.
I feel no shame or guilt.
Ah, the estimates of estimates that estimates of estimates trash.
I take this to mean 100% of digital technology electricity usage produces 4% of all GHG emissions.
One suspects that emissions produced from developing, designing, manufacturing, assembling, transporting and installing technology do not count.
I read this as transmission and viewing of online videos generates 25% of the GHGs produced by digital technologies.
One site claims Belgium emitted 117.443 Kilotons of CO₂ equivalent in 2015.
Another site claims that Belgium emitted 130 Megatons of GHG in 2014.
That is, one estimate is 117 Megatons and another estimate is 130 Megatons.
Estimates are guesses! Sadly, most GHG estimates are based upon estimates at every level of data; yet estimate promoters treat the numbers as gospel.
Placed into context:
A third of the 1% that represents one fourth of the 4% GHG emissions attributed to digital emissions, is attributed to each:
1) On-demand video services.
2) online pornographic videos.
A third of GHG emissions; i.e. 33% of 300 Megatons GHG emissions = 99 Megatons.
An average of the estimates for Belgium, (climate alarmists love averages), is 123.5 Megatons. Leaving that 99 megatons attributed to porn videos as 20% less than Belgium’s alleged GHG emissions.
Let’s take a common sense approach.
That 1% of global GHGs attributed to transmitting and viewing online videos, which is 25% of GHG emissions attributed to digital technologies. One third of that 25% is attributed to porn.
1) suggests that one in every four digital devices is receiving/transmitting an online video.
2) One third of those digital devices is receiving/transmitting a porn video.
Walk along any street, visit any home, stop in any business, government office, etc. anywhere.
Four out of every twelve digital devices will be showing pornographic videos…
Once one digs into virtually any climate related series of estimates, reality does not reflect the alarmist wishful thinking.
Get rid of Belgium then! 😂
Even mastubation is no longer considered safe sex