Have you ever thought about how much energy and CO2 is produced by computers and computer programs. Huge programs like Google, use up and produce large amounts of energy. When you think about how quickly the world is advancing in technology it makes you think about the effects on the earth a little bit more seriously.
When I saw the facts about how much energy and waste that things like the internet are producing it made me think twice about how much time I spend on my computer. Just yesterday I looked up something so silly as a song that I thought might exist because a phrase that a 3 year old little boy was singing sounded vaguely familiar. It was in fact a song and it did put my mind at ease, but is it worth hurting our environment for me to know a silly song?
As with everything there are some advantages and disadvantages. It is true that the internet and various programs use a large amount of energy and produce large amounts of CO2. Although if more people used the internet for communicating opposed to driving or flying to work there would be a significant decrease in emissions. We need to find and implement ways to reduce the harm to our planet through out technologies.
