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To: ftth who wrote (17852)11/17/2006 10:17:13 AM
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"A companion question would have to be, "how much 'transportation energy' from prior modes (cars, planes, trains, trucks, etc) is saved?"

Good point, ftth. The relative efficiencies are important.

But then, we know that a large amount of internet usage could be termed "trivial" (for want of a better term).

Gaming, gambling and porn come to mind. I don't have the figures at hand, but they're big numbers, and the logic here is that X per cent of national power usage is being devoted to "free" distribution of this content.

(Just so you understand, these are easy and obvious targets. But this isn't disguised morality speaking).

Jim
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