11.28.2007

Real life energy consumption of 2nd Life

A 2nd Life Avatar consumes more energy than the average Brazilian?

... and produces as much CO2 (per year) as driving a Prius 4,000 miles?

It's not a new article, but it's new to me. Check it out.

Of course, there's no real reason to pick on 2nd Life other than that it's fun to compare fake people to real. Really this is a comment on what it takes to run any of the myriad of popular websites.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good Heavens! Now I have to worry about my avatar contributing to climate change? I knew she wasn't always PC, but this is ridiculous.