Ramsay Taplan has a new piece, “How to Make your Website Carbon
Neutral” He refers to the CO2NeutralWebsite which will give every website (I guess that means
independently hosted Wordpress blog) a grade on its carbon imprint and have the
website audited by an accounting firm.
It is interesting to note that cloud processing is said to
consume more energy that paper; but
cloud processing also disperses backup data, which may be a good antidote to threats
to Internet architecture (like rogue EMP).
Websites leave a footprint based on load time and time of
visit.
But what strikes me is that personal lifestyles have a lot
to do with carbon imprint. It is true,
that functioning well in a social unit (family) is more efficient for the
planet than doing things alone, although the way my own life has gone I could
not live up to that. I drive places alone (and rent cars when I fly) a lot. Electric-only cars don't have enough range yet. Does the travel that supports my website content count in its carbon rating?
Here's a mischievious thought about today's 3-2 "loss" in the FCC on net neutrality -- not carbon neutrality. I've already speculated that in the future telecom companies could limit website access by safety ratings or by requiring https everywhere. Now I wonder about a carbon rating with this concept.
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