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Carbon Dioxide
Carbon Dioxide and Computer Use
July 12, 2009 | CNN

An article at CNN reports on the amount of carbon dioxide produced by the use of computers. Did you know that a computer could indirectly be responsible for as much carbon dioxide production as a sports utility vehicle and that the power spent on spam email could power two million homes?


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