[governance] FW: Toward Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Internet and Telecommunications

[Ian Peter]

Riaz, a one word answer is

SCIENCE!

Read credible sources on this. There are plenty.  They do not include Fox 
News.





-----Original Message----- 
From: Riaz K Tayob
Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 7:28 AM
To: governance at lists.igcaucus.org
Subject: Re: [governance] FW: Toward Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions 
of the Internet and Telecommunications

Taking my cue from my opinion of the tenor of this list, and to play
devil's advocate, what proof do you have that anthropocentric activity
is driving climate change, if at all it is a reality at all?

Thought I would save others the bother and be a little anticipatory :)


On 2013/01/06 10:18 PM, michael gurstein wrote:
> According to recent calculations the Internet is the source of some 2% of 
> global greenhouse gas emissions (and increasing quickly). Much of this 
> comes from the vast server farms that major Internet corporations (eg. 
> Google, Amazon etc.) have been establishing around the world. 
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130102140452.htm
>
> Perhaps a topic for discussion at the next IGF?
>
> M
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: davidicus [mailto:bigbluearth at gmail.com]
> Sent: Saturday, January 05, 2013 11:09 PM
> To: ciresearchers
> Cc: michael gurstein
> Subject: Toward Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Internet and 
> Telecommunications
>
> This story in Science Daily may be of interest to some CI Colleagues.
> ~d
>
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> Toward Reducing the Greenhouse Gas Emissions of the Internet and 
> Telecommunications
>
> Jan. 2, 2013 — Amid growing concern over the surprisingly large amount of 
> greenhouse gas produced by the Internet and other telecommunications 
> activities, researchers are reporting new models of emissions and energy 
> consumption that could help reduce their carbon footprint.
>
> Their report appears in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology.
>
> Researchers from the Centre for Energy-Efficient Telecommunications
> (CEET) and Bell Labs explain that the information communications and 
> technology (ICT) industry, which delivers Internet, video, voice and other 
> cloud services, produces more than 830 million tons of carbon dioxide 
> (CO2), the main greenhouse gas, annually. That's about 2 percent of global 
> CO2 emissions -- the same proportion as the aviation industry produces. 
> Projections suggest that ICT sector's share is expected to double by 2020. 
> The team notes that controlling those emissions requires more accurate but 
> still feasible models, which take into account the data traffic, energy 
> use and CO2 production in networks and other elements of the ICT industry. 
> Existing assessment models are inaccurate, so they set out to develop new 
> approaches that better account for variations in equipment and other 
> factors in the ICT industry.
>
> They describe development and testing of two new models that better 
> estimate the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of Internet and 
> telecommunications services. They tested the models on a simulated network 
> and on a deployed network that serves the majority of schools in 
> California. Both models delivered better estimates than the current 
> "top-down" models. The researchers suggest, based on their models, that 
> more efficient power usage of facilities, more efficient use of 
> energy-efficient equipment and renewable energy sources are three keys to 
> reducing ICT emissions of CO2.
>
>
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> Story Source:
> The above story is reprinted from materials provided by American Chemical 
> Society.
>
> Journal Reference:
> Chien A. Chan, André F. Gygax, Elaine Wong, Christopher A. Leckie, 
> Ampalavanapillai Nirmalathas, Daniel C. Kilper. Methodologies for 
> Assessing the Use-Phase Power Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions of 
> Telecommunications Network Services. Environmental Science & Technology, 
> 2013; 47 (1): 485 DOI: 10.1021/es303384y
>
> Web address: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/01/130102140452.htm
>
> Disclaimer: Views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect 
> those of ScienceDaily or its staff.
>
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>

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> D a v i d    S a d o w a y   BES, MRM
> PhD Candidate
> Department of Urban Planning & Design
> The University of Hong Kong
> Email:  one1earth at hku.hk
> (852)2859.2721
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> Center for Asia-Pacific Area Studies
> Academia Sinica (Taipei, Taiwan)
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