This report also underlines that the risk of having an ICT infrastructure with a negative energy efficiency balance often comes from the «scale» factor: this means small and low - power devices may have
a huge energy footprint when they are massively deployed.
Not exact matches
Marc Bevand, an investor and entrepreneur, was skeptical of de Vries» tally of Bitcoin's
energy use and argued that the real global
energy footprint of mining was likely closer to 15 terawatt - hours, which is still a
huge amount of electricity, but half of the estimate on Digiconomist.
In addition to alerting consumers to the iPhone's environmental shortfalls, the Greenpeace report should remind people of the «
huge chemical and
energy footprint» in all of the electronics they purchase and use, he adds.
The technology presents a
huge opportunity to reduce our carbon
footprint, return massive tracts of farmland to nature, drastically cut the amount of water and
energy we waste growing animals and end the cruelty of factory farming.
But many renewable sources of
energy, like corn - based ethanol, have a
huge and potentially troubling «water
footprint.»
While there is only so much these companies can do to reduce their
huge carbon
footprints — given their reliance on emissions - heavy air transport — they've made great strides in greening their ground fleets, optimizing their choices of modes and otherwise streamlining
energy use.
So there's
huge potential to reduce your personal
energy and water use, and therefore your environmental
footprint, by simply greening your laundry habits.
* Develop a long - term low - interest funding program for clean
energy and
energy - efficiency investments (household and industry)-- a government - backed clean
energy loan program could make a
huge difference for people having trouble coming up with the upfront cash to pay for things that will make a big difference in their
energy footprint
Producing and distributing goods including food, accounts for a
huge portion of your
energy footprint.
Their technology and team are fantastic, and their
footprint is
huge: they can access data from more than 1,500
energy providers and have users in every US state.