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As someone in the technology field I follow the steady stream of new and exciting products and gadgets that come out at least twice a year. I am constantly upgrading my tech and my IT work tools in keeping with what is new. I need to have personal experience with the devices and equipment that clients hire me to manage, upgrade and repair for them in my IT Consulting practice. I often think about the effect that my constant upgrading has on the environment.
In 2018, researchers from McMaster University came out with a study in the Journal of Cleaner Production that show that the carbon impact of Information and Communications Industry has tripled since 2007. In 2007 the Information and Communications sector represented 1% of the carbon footprint, by 2018 it was 3% and they project it that the number might climb to 14% by 2040. The impact…
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January 14, 2020 at 09:09PM
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