This could make for a really interesting data visualization.
There are probably lots of things we do as programmers that are insignificant in the context of our own systems, but are so culturally ubiquitous that they add up to an enormous impact globally. I wonder how even things like different application architecture would consume different amounts of power. Or,is there a side effect of shifting computation to the client side of causing more energy to be consumed from dirtier sources, if, say, data centers tend to draw from cheap and clean hydro power.
There are probably lots of things we do as programmers that are insignificant in the context of our own systems, but are so culturally ubiquitous that they add up to an enormous impact globally. I wonder how even things like different application architecture would consume different amounts of power. Or,is there a side effect of shifting computation to the client side of causing more energy to be consumed from dirtier sources, if, say, data centers tend to draw from cheap and clean hydro power.