[HN Gopher] Solar Protocol
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       Solar Protocol
        
       Author : beardicus
       Score  : 13 points
       Date   : 2021-03-16 19:46 UTC (3 hours ago)
        
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       | ChrisArchitect wrote:
       | discussion a few days ago
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26441520
        
       | PaulHoule wrote:
       | Do you save any fossil energy sending a web request around the
       | world to where the Sun shines considering the cost to send the
       | data?
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       | I remember reading that distributing a video games to an XBox One
       | via internet releases more carbon into the atmosphere than
       | distributing the game via a Blu-Ray.
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       | The amount of energy required to send a bit per mile might be
       | irreducible in the end or at least not scalable the way the CMOS
       | microprocessor has been.
        
         | eutropia wrote:
         | > I remember reading that distributing a video games to an XBox
         | One via internet releases more carbon into the atmosphere than
         | distributing the game via a Blu-Ray.
         | 
         | Without a source, I'd have to say that this smells incorrect --
         | I would really love to see the origin of this thought.
        
           | effie wrote:
           | It is a pointless comparison, both methods contribution to
           | global CO2 emissions is absurdly minuscule.
        
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