'HuffPo': Netflix Binge Watching Is 'Killing the Planet'
These people...
These kids are just a never ending source of joy, aren't they?
The Climate Change Church cultists find ways to embrace and manufacture guilt that make other guilt-ridden religions look amateurish by comparison. Imagine what a miserable existence is led by people who believe that everything that makes the 21st century enjoyable is a big ol' planet murderer. How do these people get out of bed in the morning?
These people...
We know we shouldn’t throw plastic six-pack rings in the ocean, that we shouldn’t take long luxurious showers during droughts, and that we shouldn’t burn toxic waste in our backyards. But when it comes to protecting the planet, we don’t usually think about cutting back on our streaming addiction. Yet it’s true; our binge-watching has a serious environmental footprint.
It’s estimated that the U.S.’s data centers -- the computer farms where web companies like Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, Facebook, Spotify and Vimeo store their content -- consume as much power as the entire state of New York. Recent reports suggest their carbon emissions are on the rise, growing by more than 10 percent a year. Much of that is driven by video streaming, with Netflix estimated to take up nearly 37 percent of the Internet bandwidth in the U.S. during peak hours.
It’s estimated that the U.S.’s data centers -- the computer farms where web companies like Netflix, YouTube, Hulu, Facebook, Spotify and Vimeo store their content -- consume as much power as the entire state of New York. Recent reports suggest their carbon emissions are on the rise, growing by more than 10 percent a year. Much of that is driven by video streaming, with Netflix estimated to take up nearly 37 percent of the Internet bandwidth in the U.S. during peak hours.
These kids are just a never ending source of joy, aren't they?
The Climate Change Church cultists find ways to embrace and manufacture guilt that make other guilt-ridden religions look amateurish by comparison. Imagine what a miserable existence is led by people who believe that everything that makes the 21st century enjoyable is a big ol' planet murderer. How do these people get out of bed in the morning?