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Cost Of Living The Cloud Life: Fossil Fuel Consumption As A Service

- Shane Nolan tl;dr: "If we conservatively estimate that 40,000 searches occur per second, that would be equivalent to 12 kWh of energy, enough to run a ceiling fan continuously for a month. The end result is that a single data center consumes more energy per year than 20,000 homes."

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The Cost Of A Byte

- Noah Martin tl;dr: “Researchers from MIT, Purdue, and Yale demonstrated that turning off the camera during a Zoom meeting shrinks the environmental footprint by 96%.” This inspired Noah to think about a mobile app’s carbon footprint and he shows us how adding or removing 1MB in app size can have a surprisingly large impact.

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How Is Your Website Impacting The Planet?

tl;dr: "The average website produces 1.76 grams CO2 per page view. For a website with 10,000 monthly page views, that's 211 kg CO2 per year."

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A Data-Driven Guide to Effective Personal Climate Action

- Erika Reinhardt tl;dr: A thorough guide on what to do, personally and professionally. "Climate is a huge systems challenge, which means that we need as many people, businesses, and governments on board to make changes like the above."

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