2021-06-27
All the world's data centers — excluding ones for Bitcoin mining — consume an estimated 1 percent of electricity globally. Bitcoin mining accounts for 0.4 percent of global electricity consumption. “It's a hot spot that needs to be watched very closely.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
New research: estimates of Internet's energy consumption are exaggerated and throttling data consumption like lowering Netflix resolution does not yield much
excluding ones for Bitcoin mining — consume an estimated 1 percent of electricity globally. Bitcoin mining accounts for 0.4 percent of global electricity consumption. “It's a hot s...
2021-06-26
All the world's data centers — excluding ones for Bitcoin mining — consume an estimated 1 percent of electricity globally. Bitcoin mining accounts for 0.4 percent of global electricity consumption. “It's a hot spot that needs to be watched very closely.” https://www.nytimes.com/...
New York Times
New research: estimates of Internet's energy consumption are exaggerated and throttling data consumption like lowering Netflix resolution does not yield much
New research by two leading scientists says some dire warnings of environmental damage from technology are overstated. Source: Joule . Tweets: @lordfusitua , @dealbook , @nytimesbu...
2019-10-10
A Nobel prize with implications for climate change: “Development of these batteries is a huge step forward, so we that we can really store solar and wind energy,” said Sara Snogerup Linse, the chairwoman of the Nobel Committee for Chemistry. https://www.nytimes.com/...
The Guardian
Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to three scientists for their work in developing lithium-ion batteries, which sparked the portable technology revolution
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