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Why your internet habits are not as clean as you think
The internet allows us to send messages, share pictures, download music and stream videos at a touch of a button, but our online habits have a surprising impact on the environment.
IIt’s probable you’ve already replied to a couple of emails today, sent some chat messages and maybe performed a quick internet search.
- Sarah Griffiths
- BBC
As the day wears on you will doubtless spend even more time browsing online, uploading images, playing music and streaming video.
Each of these activities you perform online comes with a small cost – a few grams of carbon dioxide are emitted due to the…