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The unsustainable use of online video (theshiftproject.org)

submitted 3 years ago by yxzi@lemmy.ml to c/green@lemmy.ml

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[–] jedrax@lemmy.ml -2 points 3 years ago (1 children)

People not watching videos is not the way that gets done. That is a simply regressive solution, not a progressive one. If we all stop demanding video streaming, we have reduced the utility of the internet, because people love to watch videos. However, if we incentivize data centers to focus renewables, then we get to keep the utility from watching videos, and electricity generation is net cleaner. Progressive versus regressive, the decision is yours. But judging by your comment, you'd rather die on a hill defending a poorly thought out argument.

[–] poVoq@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 years ago

Where did I say that there should be no video streaming on the internet? I said that it is worth thinking about how to reduce the relatively big environmental impact it has, especially as most people are not aware at all about the massive data-center requirements of it.