Why Farmville Isn't The Least Bit Green
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It's really an infographic about the dangers of 29 million people using the computer for 15 minutes per day.
I should have done it about how many will buy some berry rebills and how bad that is.
I should have done it about how many will buy some berry rebills and how bad that is.
you're forgetting one KEY bit of info.
your assumption is that by playing 15 minutes this is time they wouldn't normally be playing, I'd wager a good sum of acai berry bottles that this is an extremely incorrect assumption, and that these people would instead be doing other things on their computer (namely- WORKING).
It's not an addition, it's a replacement in task.
You should've addressed the Hellblazer'esque "Commie" angle of the dangers to GDP.
your assumption is that by playing 15 minutes this is time they wouldn't normally be playing, I'd wager a good sum of acai berry bottles that this is an extremely incorrect assumption, and that these people would instead be doing other things on their computer (namely- WORKING).
It's not an addition, it's a replacement in task.
You should've addressed the Hellblazer'esque "Commie" angle of the dangers to GDP.
I know, but wouldn't they be emitting carbon dioxide whether they were playing or not?
I just don't get the Farmville angle. Cool graphic, but I don't get it.
Actually, I think your CO2 emissions are increased 5x fold when you are harvesting soybeans in farmville.
what if those servers are powered by nuclear power? or if in the pacific northwest, hydroelectric? it's moot then.
The number is the average carbon output per Kw/h. So it takes into account nuclear and other means.
Yeah, no shit, and MySpace, and Digg, and the BBC, and CNN, and Fox, and MSNBC, and MTV, and ESPN, and Wickedfire, and AskMen, and Playboy, and all the pron sites in the world, and OMFG the entire innernetz is causing teh carbonz11171717111!!!!!
STFU and move on.
which is dumb. major server farms could get their power from one chief source unless they go on battery or diesel backup for some reason, which could be nuclear or hydro. for all you know it could be 0. this is misleading as all hell.
this is not how numbers work
Which is why I didn't include their servers in the numbers. The statistics are soley for Farmville users.
The server statistics for Farmville are way more staggering, you're right. The hosts it off hydro and nuclear power. The numbers don't work that way I guess.
The server statistics for Farmville are way more staggering, you're right. The hosts it off hydro and nuclear power. The numbers don't work that way I guess.
Which is exactly why all the countries in the world should get together and tax bandwidth. Any user going over their allotted amount of credits should be forced to purchase unused ones from Zimbabwe.
C'mon, we have to do this or mother earth will get warmer and kill everything. Do you really hate the babby?
