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The Internet Requires Approximately 50 Million Horsepower in Electricity
The Internet Requires Approximately 50 Million Horsepower in Electricity. Image Source / Getty Images
Yes. With an estimated 8.7 billion electronic devices connected to the Internet, the electricity required to run the system for even one day is very substantial. According to Russell Seitz and the calculation of Michael Stevens, 50 million brake horsepower worth of electrical power is required to keep the Internet running in its current state.
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It Takes 2 Billion Electrons to Produce a Single Email Message
It Takes 2 Billion Electrons to Produce a Single Email Message. Digital Vision / Getty Images
According to Michael Stevens and Vsauce calculations, a 50-kilobyte email message uses the footprint of 8 billion electrons. The number sounds ginormous, yes, but with electrons weighing next to nothing, 8 billion of them weigh less than a quadrillionth of an ounce.
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Of the 7 Billion on Planet Earth, Over 2.4 Billion Use the Internet. Image Source / Getty Images
While most of these calculations cannot be precisely confirmed, there is high confidence amongst most internet statistics that You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. use the internet and the Web as a matter of weekly habit.
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The Internet Weighs As Much As One Strawberry. Flickr Select / Getty Images
Russel Seitz is a physicist who has crunched some very precise numbers. With some atomic physics assumptions, the billions upon billions of 'data-in-motion' moving electrons on the Internet add up to approximately 50 grams. That is 2 ounces, the weight of one strawberry.
- Paul Gil
The Internet Requires Approximately 50 Million Horsepower in Electricity
The Internet Requires Approximately 50 Million Horsepower in Electricity. Image Source / Getty Images
Yes. With an estimated 8.7 billion electronic devices connected to the Internet, the electricity required to run the system for even one day is very substantial. According to Russell Seitz and the calculation of Michael Stevens, 50 million brake horsepower worth of electrical power is required to keep the Internet running in its current state.
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It Takes 2 Billion Electrons to Produce a Single Email Message
It Takes 2 Billion Electrons to Produce a Single Email Message. Digital Vision / Getty Images
According to Michael Stevens and Vsauce calculations, a 50-kilobyte email message uses the footprint of 8 billion electrons. The number sounds ginormous, yes, but with electrons weighing next to nothing, 8 billion of them weigh less than a quadrillionth of an ounce.
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Of the 7 Billion on Planet Earth, Over 2.4 Billion Use the Internet. Image Source / Getty Images
While most of these calculations cannot be precisely confirmed, there is high confidence amongst most internet statistics that You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. use the internet and the Web as a matter of weekly habit.
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The Internet Weighs As Much As One Strawberry. Flickr Select / Getty Images
Russel Seitz is a physicist who has crunched some very precise numbers. With some atomic physics assumptions, the billions upon billions of 'data-in-motion' moving electrons on the Internet add up to approximately 50 grams. That is 2 ounces, the weight of one strawberry.
- Paul Gil