Pornographic digital streaming generates 81 million tons of carbon dioxide each year, which is equivalent to the CO2 emissions of 72 countries combined, a new study by the Shift Project found.
These 72 countries are the nations with the lowest carbon emissions in the world, according to 2018 European Union report, “Fossil CO2 Emissions Of All World Countries,” and include places like Haiti and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, which have populations of 11 million and 81 million, respectively.
The sum total of the carbon emissions of all of these 72 countries combined is the same as the CO2 released into the atmosphere by pornography, according to the study created by the French think tank and published Thursday.
These 72 countries produce much less CO2 than more developed countries. For example, the amount of carbon emissions resulting from pornography are similar to twice the carbon emissions of Hong Kong.
Online video is stored in data centers and is transferred to smartphones and computers via cables, optical fibers, modems, and mobile network antennae.
“All these processes require electricity whose production consumes resources and usually involves CO2 emissions,” according to the Shift Project.
Pornhub, the largest pornographic streaming site, reportedly used more than six million kilowatts in 2016 to power its streaming services, according to the Atlantic, and this number is only increasing.
Back in April, Pornhub introduced an initiative to help the environment called “#BeeSexual,” in which porn stars performed a pornographic voiceover on videos of bees. The revenue from these videos supported Operation Honey Bee and the Centre for Honeybee Research.
Pornography accounts for more than one-quarter of video streaming (27 percent), but this does not include live pornography, like from so-called “cam girls.”
The energy consumption of all digital technologies is increasing by nine percent every year, the Shift Project also found.
The study calls for regulation to decrease emissions from digital technology. The authors specifically call for “sobriety in online video watching,” meaning reducing video file size and reducing the use of video files.
“Digital sobriety consists in prioritizing the allocation of resources as a function of uses,” the study says.
“It is not a question of being ‘for’ or ‘against’ pornography,” the study continues. “The challenge is to avoid a use deemed precious from being impaired by the excessive consumption of another use deemed less essential.”
The authors did not elaborate on which digital technology usage they consider less essential.
In 2008, pornography usage rapidly increased after “tube sites” emerged, which allow viewers to watch pornography for free in a similar fashion as YouTube.
Porn sites today receive more regular traffic than Netflix, Twitter, and Amazon combined, according to the Huffington Post. In 2018, more than 5,517,000,000 hours of pornography was consumed on Pornhub.
In the Green New Deal, an environmental economic stimulus package, New York Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns the world must reach net-zero global emissions by 2050 “to avoid the most severe impacts of a changing climate.”
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There is no doubt that viewing pornography is very common. One fundamentalist Christian organization estimated that 60% of its male members with computer access viewed pornography at least once a month. The estimates in the article are low when we consider that they only include data streaming. Many sites permit down loading images. When these images are view again from local storage, this is not counted.
However, this subject is pretty much rubbish. It assumes that if a man wasn’t viewing pornography he would be walking his dog, playing cards, or involved in another activity not using power. The reality is if not looking at porn, most of the time these men would be viewing something else on the internet or watching TV, using just as much power.
It is also bad to focus on just one activity such as porn. In the US alone on line gaming emits about 12 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, the equivalent of about 2.3 million passenger cars.
Yesterday on this site was an article about the goal of activists for top down control. Top down control could be applied to what people do on the internet in the name of climate change.
Human co2 emissions (a life bringing gas, nature thrives of it) is 16 ppm of the total of 400 ppm.
Makes the co2 discussion useless. We need the stuff to feed the population.
Greens, deal with it. Your lies have been exposed.
There is no doubt that viewing pornography is very common. One fundamentalist Christian organization estimated that 60% of its male members with computer access viewed pornography at least once a month. The estimates in the article are low when we consider that they only include data streaming. Many sites permit down loading images. When these images are view again from local storage, this is not counted.
However, this subject is pretty much rubbish. It assumes that if a man wasn’t viewing pornography he would be walking his dog, playing cards, or involved in another activity not using power. The reality is if not looking at porn, most of the time these men would be viewing something else on the internet or watching TV, using just as much power.
It is also bad to focus on just one activity such as porn. In the US alone on line gaming emits about 12 million tons of carbon dioxide annually, the equivalent of about 2.3 million passenger cars.
Yesterday on this site was an article about the goal of activists for top down control. Top down control could be applied to what people do on the internet in the name of climate change.
Isn’t one of the main objectives of the climate scare industry massive population reduction ?
The good news is maybe some of the biggest promoters won’t reproduce . A natural selection process to ensure deplorable s thrive .
Mind you Suzuki has 5 kids , Gore at least 4 , Arnie …god knows .
The combined energy use of this cartel of fear mongers is likely larger than
a small African nation that are kept in poverty due to these hypocrite energy pigs .