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The I.T. Industry is one of the Fastest Growing Sources of CO2 Emissions

It doubled from 2000-2006 and with current trends it will double again by 2011.(EPA 2007, pg.10)

GLOBAL
I.T
INDUSTRY
equals 2% OF
GLOBAL CO2
EMISSIONS
equals GLOBAL
AIRLINE
INDUSTRY
(Gartner 2007, pg.1)
1 EMAIL
MESSAGE
multiplied by YEARLY
VOLUME
OF SPAM
equals DRIVING AROUND
THE WORLD
1.6 MILLION TIMES
(Mcafee/ITC 2008, pg.2)
AVERAGE
2ND LIFE
AVATAR
equals 1.17 TONS
OF CO2
EMISSIONS
equals AVERAGE
BRAZILIAN
CITIZEN
(vnunet 2006, pg.1)
AVERAGE
MICROSOFT
DATA CENTRE
equals 20-40
MEGAWATTS
A YEAR
equals 40
THOUSAND
HOMES
(Microsoft 2009, paragraph 7)
LITTLE WEB FEET equals ZERO CO2
EMISSIONS
go VERIFY
Last Updated on Thursday, 25 June 2009 22:31