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How Much Energy Does the Internet Use?
Season 1
Episode 19
About half the world has internet access. That’s 3.6 billion people surfing the web. How much energy is that using? And what is our online world doing to our planet’s climate?
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4:38
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4:59
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5:06
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5:14
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4:30
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4:33
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3:19
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3:59
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4:15
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