Global Warming: Too Many Geeks, That’s The Problem

A random member of the Hamster Community we interviewed. (picture from pexels.com)

Do you care how much energy it takes to…

…power a laptop?

…power the factory that makes the laptop?

…power the child-labour that assembles the laptop?

…power the programmer, who programs the laptop?

Nope, neither do we, but the power consumption of your average geek is …

Eye-Watering

The figures are largely unpublished, and therefore very troubling. The scale of energy consumption in the programming world may have reached epic proportions; who knows? The potential impact on global warming cannot be overstated, or even quantified. It is fast becoming an alarming, dubious, tweet-inducing problem. There are angry voices, and deep, deep, deep concerns being expressed, especially by people who wear sandals in the winter.

Here’s the backdrop.

Software Is Eating The World

This is a fact. We know, because it said so on LinkedIn.

It is eating it, digesting it and then excreting it back out in a variety apps that make life better for ordinary twonks like you and me.

Even now, as you read this garbage, vast, unchecked populations of programmers are pumping out programming poop to feed our…