Web carbon footprint


	Web carbon footprint

hjharris

5-7-2009 3:28 AM

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hjharris says:

A problem that can only get worse. Before we all wish for a wind-up clockwork PC, what is needed is a collection of statistics and facts. Perhaps all PCs, data centres servers etc. should have in their core operating system a reporting function.

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