Factoid/2018/03/21
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The Dirty, GHG Intensive Secret Behind Smartphones
- "'For every text message, for every phone call, every video you upload or download, there’s a data centre making this happen. Telecommunications networks and data centres consume a lot of energy to serve you and most data centres continue to be powered by electricity generated by fossil fuels. It’s the energy consumption we don’t see.' Among all the devices, trends suggest that by 2020, the most damaging devices to the environment are smartphones. While smartphones consume little energy to operate, 85% of their emissions impact comes from production. A smartphone’s chip and motherboard require the most amount of energy to produce as they are made up of precious metals that are mined at a high cost." - Excerpt from McMaster University.
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