By Norbert Lossau (Die Welt)
The topics of climate protection and digitalization are much more closely linked than one might think.
Most people are now well aware that air travel and meat consumption, for example, have some responsibility for the greenhouse effect.
But hardly anyone thinks that sending, receiving and storing digital messages also consumes energy, consumption which, given the presence of fossil fuels in the energy mix, is also associated with a carbon footprint.
The operation of computers, monitors, networks and data centers generates CO₂ emissions.
The use of digital technologies accounts for ten percent of electricity consumption in our country.
According to a recent study by the Bitkom association, the carbon footprint of digital technologies in the energy, construction, industry, transport and...
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