http://thehotaisle.disqus.com/Fresh Ideas About IT OperationsenTue, 24 Feb 2009 16:18:09 -0000http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/10/11/what-is-your-carbon-footprint-when-using-the-internet/#comment-6579723<p>Thats a very good question. if this figures go be right, then we are polluting the environment at a rate we cant sustain. </p>Raphael KingTue, 24 Feb 2009 16:18:09 -0000http://www.thehotaisle.com/2008/10/11/what-is-your-carbon-footprint-when-using-the-internet/#comment-3009404<p>Rolf blogs in German so here is a translation of some of the calculations that get to the equivalent of a 7.6KM car journey for a blog entry:</p><p>As an example, this is how I calculated the surpisingly high blog post on <a href="http://blogs.sun.com" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="blogs.sun.com">blogs.sun.com</a> number:</p><p>We are hosting 66183 blogs in 3 years, running on two T2000 (the best servers you can get when it comes to power efficiency).</p><p>A pair of Sun Fire T2000 servers draws 2*320Watts. Double that number for cooling and infrastructure, so you need 33628KWh in three years. That's 0.5KWh for every blog! One KWh electral power created in a coal power plant creates 1700 grams of CO2 - so the global warming effect of this blog is comparable to a runner running 21 kilometers (or sitting in front of his computer for one whole day).</p><p>Steve</p>thehotaisleSun, 12 Oct 2008 13:30:23 -0000