This video has consumed ~1.9 million AA batteries!

Опубликовано 20 апреля 2016, 17:20

Online videos use a lot more energy than you might think.

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To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords:
- Data: information, typically stored on computers via electrical signals
- Electrons: small elementary particles that flow through wires to transmit power and data
- Photons: small elementary particles of light that carry information from screens to your face
- Local Metro Network: computer network on the scale of a city, town, neighborhood, etc
- Live action video: a video recording of the real world (people, scenery, etc) created using a camera
- Data compression: storing data (pictures, video, text files, etc) in less space than the way it’s normally displayed. Kind of like a modern version of microfilm. Or words.
- Illustrated video: video created using computer software to generate still images, kind of like a fancy powerpoint slideshow
- Gangnam style: youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f

CREDITS
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Script Writer: Henry Reich
Script Editor: Alex Reich
Video Illustrator: Omkar Bhagat
Video Director: Emily Elert
Video Narrator: Henry Reich
With Contributions From: Kate Yoshida, Ever Salazar, Peter Reich, Rachel Becker, David Goldenberg
Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder

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REFERENCES
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Assessing Internet energy intensity: A review of methods and results: sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Energy Intensity of the Internet: Home and Access Networks: publicationslist.org/data/lore...

The Energy Intensity of the Internet: Edge and Core Networks: publicationslist.org/data/lore...

Emerging Trends in Electricity Consumption for Consumer ICT:
tinyurl.com/h69uvma

Average energy use of American home: eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=...

Typical wattages of everyday electronics: gozolt.com/blog/power-devices-...

Energy in AA Batteries: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AA_batte...

tablet energy use:
tinyurl.com/zy8jcle
tinyurl.com/j8for2u
tinyurl.com/zy8jcle
tinyurl.com/o2u2y9m

Hidden energy costs online: tinyurl.com/zh93kwq

Average computer energy use:
griffith.edu.au/sustainability... (~100W)
forbes.com/sites/christopherhe...

Estimate to transfer 1Mb of data (average efficiency): katescomment.com/energy-of-dow...

Broadband usage guide: whistleout.com.au/MobilePhones...