Surprise Digital Downloads Have Bigger Carbon Footprint Than Most Discs

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VanceIX said:

baloofarsan said:

VanceIX said:

baloofarsan said:

I know it is hard for people on the internet to attain information (hint: it is two links away).

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12181/fullhttp://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jiec.12181/full

Yeah, waaaaay too many baseless assumptions made by the "researchers" or whatever they claim to be. The entire article is bonkers.

You wanted them to include your "baseless assumptions" and when they have you are still not content.

I am speaking on their other assumptions, such as assuming that the drives take the same exact power (bullshit) or that transportation is neglegible (bullshit). Also, where is the assumptions for the labor and power needed to mine the materials to manufacture a BD? That kind of stuff is important, and convinently left out of the article. Also, what about games that must be transported overseas by plane or ship? There are so many things that the article ignores with its "assumptions".

If digital purchases had been a thing back in the Atari days, there probably wouldn't be an underground landfill full of unsold E.T. cartridges in New Mexico.