[ag_47]

I am also of the opinion that we are currently treating the internet just like we treated plastic/fossil fuels 20-30 years ago. The amount of digital data being generated on a daily basis with no regard to the massive DCs that host all the servers with A/C on full blast 24/7 is staggering. And nobody seems to care..

[themartorana]

That's because while also a troll haven, the internet and parallel technical revolutions have done more to improve access to education, free speech, news, productivity (not to mention small businesses, new money, new economies, and just so much more) and so on than any other 20 year period in history.

FaceTime and like software alone have so vastly increased our family's access to each other across global distances that it's hard to put a number on, let alone having pocket access to the wealth of the world's information nearly instantaneously.

Yes, there are concerns as you mention, but you'd be hard pressed to find anyone that would roll back the way things work now. I'm willing to bet many people would give up cars and meat before the Internet and related technologies.

[ag_47]

I didn't say we should give it up. My point is people's attitude is complete carelessness.

[nikdaheratik]

You mean, other than the companies that own the DCs like Apple, Google, Amazon, etc. that are working to convert their centers to solar and wind power and trying to minimize the amount of harmful and recyclable materials being used in their construction.