Bingeing Netflix under lockdown? Here's why streaming comes at a cost to the environment
- Written by Michael Fuhrer, Professor of Physics, Monash University
Mollie Sivaram/Unsplash, CC BYCoronavirus lockdowns have led to a massive reduction in global emissions, but there’s one area where energy usage is up – way up – during the pandemic: internet traffic.
Data-intensive video streaming, gaming and livestreaming for business, university and school classes, is chewing up energy....





