Greenpeace: "Ban Video Games?"

[ben_meyers]

These things are not only a waste of time and money, but they are having a negative impact on our environment.

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HANOVER, Germany (AFP) — "I don't care, we're all going to die anyway," says 17-year-old Christian, to laughs from his friends as they play video games at the CeBIT IT fair in Germany.

What he does not care about is the environmental impact of the games console he and his mates are playing in a giant exhibition hall crammed full of other teenagers playing the latest shoot-em-ups, driving games and the like.(snip)
Worldwide computer use requires 14 power stations for the necessary electricity, producing more harmful carbon dioxide emissions than the entire airline industry -- not including the emissions created and manufacturing and shipping around the products in the first place.

And games consoles -- of which 62 million were sold in last year -- are the gas guzzlers of this industry, using huge amounts of energy to generate the necessary mindblowing graphics and sounds.
When played online, they are linked up to huge server farms which use even more energy.(snip)

This has not escaped the notice of Greenpeace, which was taking part in CeBIT for the first time, vowing to sort the "greenwash" from the genuine amid all the talk of green IT.

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hYIu-S3EY9x1eTXcX3Z2oXcbHE7w

[Taverner]

1. Sounds like the need for Solar Panels is there :)