The carbon footprint of virtual people
Oct. 19th, 2007 09:52 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
badseed1980I came across this interesting article about the energy consumption of avatars in Second Life. It was food for thought.
Disclaimer: I don't know enough to know if the author's figures and calculations make sense. His conclusions are his alone.
I'm not on SL. Or MySpace. I get all my online interaction needs filled by LJ, PolyMatchMaker forums, and e-mail, pretty much. I'd rather increase real life socializing than online.
Disclaimer: I don't know enough to know if the author's figures and calculations make sense. His conclusions are his alone.
I'm not on SL. Or MySpace. I get all my online interaction needs filled by LJ, PolyMatchMaker forums, and e-mail, pretty much. I'd rather increase real life socializing than online.
