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a brief run down of some topics discussed during Susty Thurs including the idea that the average SL user may be adding the same amount of emissions to his/her footprint as the average Brazilian's footprint
 OneClimate Island\'s new discussion spaceWe had a good, engaging gathering of people from all over in the new meeting space at We started, as we try to do, with introductions and people’s curiosity about each other’s work immediately led us into conversations about coastal communities and then what sort of efforts are really needed for people to change and then a discussion on how much energy a SL user consumes. That one most intrigued me and I have yet to research it, but you can find it on the transcript page if you use your page finder to search for SUV. Someone suggested that the average SL user has an additional footprint as large as the average Brazilian’s. On the other hand, as we know, SL can alleviate huge amounts of travel while still allowing people to learn and collaborate. So is that a worthwhile trade-off? My gut says yes, but having more and more climate engineers for friends I know I need to get more specific data and clearer comparisons to be conclusive. This coming Thurs we expect to have a short presentation by some people in the Comments
hi jessica - do have a look at the piece 'Of Scooters, Avatars and Brazilians' exactly on this point. OneClimate.net What is the CO2 footprint of a Second Life user? Quote from the site - We had a good, engaging gathering of people from all over in the new meeting |
Is there any real evaluation to claim:
SL can alleviate huge amounts of travel while still allowing people to learn and collaborate.
There are several way to collaborate remotly, saving energy.
If you google for:
second life sustainability avataar consume
You'll find out this dataA:
So an avatar consumes 1,752 kWh per year. By comparison, the average human, on a worldwide basis, consumes 2,436 kWh per year. So there you have it: an avatar consumes a bit less energy than a real person.
Please forward data to sustain using SL effectivly reduce emissions: to run servers of SL it is required A LOT of energy.