Computer servers 'as bad' for climate as SUVs

Link: http://environment.newscientist.com/channel/earth/climate-change/dn12992-computer-servers-as-bad-for-climate-as-suvs.html



Summary: The article opens by stating that computer servers are at least a great threat to the environment. The article says that a server has the same carbon footprint as your average SUV doing 15 miles to the gallon. 1 billion computers on the planet, the global IT sector is responsible for about 2% of human carbon dioxide emissions each year.

What are some ways this phenomenon could be stopped? considerable amounts of electricity could be saved by more efficient data storage: 60% of the departments said they were using less than half their storage capacity and 37% said they are storing data indefinitely.

Is there anything you could do to contribute to the reversal? I could turn off my computer after each use or set the screen on a lower brightness.

List three things you learned from this article in your own words. Computer servers can be as bad as SUV's, the rate at which data storage is growing surpasses the growth in the airline industry, and 1 billion computers on the planet, the global IT sector is responsible for about 2% of human carbon dioxide emissions each year

What impact would the continuance of these process have on the biosphere? If this continues the diminishing of the ozone would be vastly sped up.