[LINK] Green IT Answers the Challenge of Copenhagen

[Tom Worthington]

Tom Koltai wrote:
> Tom, I haven't yet read your book, (and you may have covered what I'm
> about to say), however, I have to question the Prime Minister's figure. ...

The book actually uses the figure of 25% saving in CO2 emmissions by the 
use of ICT (from a study by the climate group). The PM quoted a more 
conservative figure of 5% just from broadband. I am not sure where this 
came from and was not game to ask him (he was sitting just in front of me).


> I have calculated at various times the saving in greenhouse emissions by
> making all music and movie sales digital. ...

In the book I cite a Japanese study on energy saving from online
music. I will leave this as an exercise for you to find: 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/green/>. You get up to 2% towards the Green IT 
course for a good answer: discuss. ;-)

> I consider it interesting that should the Government mandate ...

The Gov2.2 Taskforce chair is addressing the conferecne at the momnent. 
He is having difficulty getting the government to make its own content 
available freely online, let along telling anyone else to make theirs 
available.


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