Surprise Digital Downloads Have Bigger Carbon Footprint Than Most Discs

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baloofarsan said:

You still continue to assume what the article says as you clearly have not read a word in it:

"Best estimate:

Blu-ray discs     Games development     0.14kg CO2-eq)     0.7% of total  

  Raw materials production and transport     0.27kg CO2-eq)     1.3 % of total  

  Manufacturing      0.01 kg CO2-eq)     0.0% of total  

  Distribution      0.28kg CO2-eq)      1.3% of total  

  Retail      0.08 kg CO2-eq)     0.4% of total  

  Transport home      0.43 kg CO2-eq)     2.1% of total  

  Gameplay (use)      19.48 kg CO2-eq)     93.6% of total  

  Disposal      0.13 kg CO2-eq)     0.6% of total  

  Total      20.82 kg CO2-eq)     100.0% of total  

  Total excluding gameplay and development      1.20 kg CO2-eq)     5.7%of total"   (This figure says that gameplay and development is 94.3% of the carbon footprint)

And you are assuming I didn't -_-

If you read the article, you see that they make a lot of assumptions and estimates, which accounts to absolutely nothing. WIthout pure, factual numbers, this research might as well be flushed down the drain.

They use very specific parameters which are completely different for most people.