Teofilo wrote:
Do we have an idea of the energy consumption related to the online access to a Wikipedia article ? Some people say that a few minutes long search on a search engine costs as much energy as boiling water for a cup of tea : is that story true in the case of Wikipedia (4) ?
How about moving the servers (5) from Florida to a cold country (Alaska, Canada, Finland, Russia) so that they can be used to heat offices or homes ? It might not be unrealistic as one may read such things as "the solution was to provide nearby homes with our waste heat" (6).
Heh. That brings some old memories right front to center.
I used to be a hang-around member of this hacker collective here in Finland. (Intsu -> The Hole -> Cute - as its designation evolved)
While in The Hole phase, we had a rented basement space, and turned down all the heating in the space, after receiving a donated old mainframe. I think you can guess why.
Yours,
Jussi-Ville Heiskanen