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To: Beave Meister

“Your iPhone Uses More Energy Than Your Refrigerator”

That’s only if you use it for cold calls...


2 posted on 08/24/2013 3:51:38 PM PDT by Gen.Blather
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To: Gen.Blather
The global digital economy consumes as much electricity today as it took to illuminate the entire planet in 1985.

Now THAT is a statistic. But note that it does leave a somewhat incorrect impression in the reader's mind because lighting doesn't actually consume much of the electricity produced.

15 posted on 08/24/2013 4:21:53 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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