‘It still feels like a moonshot’: How Google plans to reach net zero in seven years
Tim: What is Google's vision for itself in 2030? Michael: Google’s focus in the early days was our electricity consumption, because that was the biggest part of our carbon footprint. Our net zero goal is much bigger than that.
Firmenemissionen ICTStreaming: Das verdrängte Tabu bei Strom und Ressourcen
Internet und Social Media funktionieren zunehmend über Datenstreaming. Filme, TV, Videos, Audios, Videochats und immer neue Anwendungen fluten auf uns ein: am Heimcomputer über Breitband-Internet und am Smartphone über 4G und zunehmend 5G. Der Datenfluss schwillt ungebremst an.
ICTChinese court rules bitcoin mining harms the climate
A judge in Beijing quashed a bitcoin contract on the basis it was not in the public interest, citing incompatibility with China’s carbon neutrality goal A Chinese court has quashed a cryptocurrency mining contract on the grounds that the emissions it generates accelerate climate change.
China ICTClimate groups say a change in coding can reduce bitcoin energy consumption by 99%
Bitcoin mining already uses as much energy as Sweden, according to some reports, and its booming popularity is revitalizing failing fossil fuel enterprises in the US. But all that could change with a simple switch in the way it is coded, according to a campaign launched on Tuesday.
ICTBitcoin miners revived a dying fossil fuel plant – then CO2 emissions soared
Environmentalists in Montana called it the “death watch”. Following years of financial losses one of the handful of remaining coal-fired power plants in the state appeared doomed, its likely fate offering a small but noteworthy victory in the effort to avoid disastrous climate change.
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