According to an inaccurate story by The Times of London, a poor physicist has been center of attention of CO2 emissions by data centers.
The article states ” Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research.”
True? No, not even. No one knows where this figure came from, not even the physicist, Alex Wissner-Gross. He admitted to making statements that Google, as well as other data centers, leave an environmental footprint. As to how much this impact is on a personal level, such as visiting a website or doing a google search, remains to be quantified.
So 7 grams / search isn’t the right but maybe we will find out the environmental cost of a search one of these days.
Thanks for the nice stuff.
La diossina delle ricerche Google…
Proprio oggi ho letto articolo che parla della diossina prodotta da ogni ricerca di Google. Secondo le stime di cui parlava l’articolo ognuna di esse produrrebbe la stessa quantità di emissioni di un bollitore elettrico. Le emissioni sono creat…