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terminalshortlast Friday at 2:47 PM1 replyview on HN

And then compare that to the alternative. When I was a kid you had to drive to Blockbuster to rent the movie. If it's a 2 hour movie and the store is 1 mile away, that's 704g CO2 vs 112g to stream. People complaining about internet energy consumption never consider what it replaces.


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ekianjolast Friday at 2:51 PM

You were not nearly watching as much