Besser wird es nicht: Zur Entwicklung des Energieverbrauchs digitaler Geräte
The energy consumption of electronic devices is skyrocketing, as was recently reported by the International Energy Association (“Gadgets and gigawatts”). According to the research paper, the electricity consumption of computers, cell phones, flat screen TV’s, iPods and other gadgets will double by 2022 and triple by 2030. This comes down to the need for an additional 280 gigawatts of power generation capacity. An earlier report from the British Energy Saving Trust (The ampere strikes back – pdf) came to similar conclusions.
There are multiple reasons for the growing energy consumption of electronic equipment; more and more people can buy gadgets, more and more gadgets appear, and existing gadgets use more and more energy (in spite of more energy efficient technology – the energy efficiency paradox described here before).
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