Our Web of Inconvenient Truths: The Internet, Energy Use, Toxic Waste, and Climate Change

by Katie Singer and Katie Singer

Teams of scientists report that we've got to eliminate fossil fuel use and greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 in order to curtail extreme weather and climate-related events. How does the Internet fit in this picture? In Our Web of Inconvenient Truths, Katie Singer explains how much energy the Internet's access networks and data centers guzzle. She
describes the energy, toxic waste and CO2 embodied in every electronic device and presents ways that...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938685253
• ISBN13: 9781938685255
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: Portal Book
• Length: 184 Pages