Mr. Whiskers is not one to pull his punches.
Posted on 08/13/2024 6:27:12 PM PDT by BenLurkin
“I can has cheezburger?” became one of the first internet memes...
But research has now found that the vast majority of data stored in the cloud is “dark data”, meaning it is used once then never visited again. That means that all the memes and jokes and films that we love to share with friends and family – from “All your base are belong to us” ... are out there somewhere, sitting in a datacentre, using up energy. By 2030, the National Grid anticipates that datacentres will account for just under 6% of the UK’s total electricity consumption, so tackling junk data is an important part of tackling the climate crisis.
Ian Hodgkinson, a professor of strategy at Loughborough University has been studying the climate impact of dark data and how it can be reduced.
“I really started a couple of years ago, it was about trying to understand the negative environmental impact that digital data might have,” he said. “And at the top of it might be quite an easy question to answer, but it turns out actually, it’s a whole lot more complex. But absolutely, data does have a negative environmental impact.”
He discovered that 68% of data used by companies is never used again, and estimates that personal data tells the same story.
(Excerpt) Read more at theguardian.com ...
“All your cloud are belong to us.”
Internet is bad for climate! Rescind Albert Gore Jr.’s Nobel Prizes!
Mr. Whiskers is not one to pull his punches.
All your idiocies are belong to us.
Signed, the left.
Where’s MY cloud? Did Chameleon find her cloud?
I’d have to say this article is a waste consuming power and space and hence isn’t very green.
And is it just me, or is this the same gent from a while back...
Silly. I keep copies of my data on thumb drives. It sits there without any need for power.
What a treasure trove for future historians; a comprehensive record of what civilization was like in the final decades before the time of the Long Darkness.
Interesting that porn isn’t bad for climate.
I like Mr. Whisker’s attitude. We need more cats like him!
I can haz cheeseburger takes more energy than purdue grill LOX video, or ‘raggot the gerbil rocket’ or ‘ground slothe with mange apple talk’ or any of the other early memes I recall. Is Bill Gates really going to give me big money if I forward this to 10 people I know? John (served in Viet Nam) Kerry’s Scaramouche uses more energy.
Hey! You! Get offa my cloud.
Nice
Well, human activity is bad for the climate I’m sure.
Especially researchers and professors at universities. They should all commit suicide and the universities closed—for the good of the climate and environment.
So all those “I have no idea what you’re talking about’ so here’s a rabbit with a pancake on his head” memes are gonna cook the planet? OK, got it.
That tells us all we need to know about their priorities.
Well said.
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