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[Anders Gjerløv]

>The company that supplies my  electricity frequently sends me circulars urging 
>me to buy appliances which will use more of the stuff. However this is not 
>probably a good parallel with Internet bandwidth even though I suggested it in 
>the first place. 
WHAT!?!?!? In this country (Denmark) you get discounts for exchanging
ie. old refrigerators with newer models that use *less* electricity.
Who's giving the discounts? The companies supplying the power!!! They
_want_ consumers to spend less electricity. They _want_ to reduce the
power needed to run the country - thereby giving everybody a better
supply. Bandwith issues are the same!! The less you use (though use
what you must), the better the service you can expect!

Accept it as a fact. The less cars driving on the street the easier it
is for you to get around quickly. This is simple logic :-/

>It is suggested that if I use more electricity more fossil fuel will be burnt and the 
>planet will get warmer. 
>
>I don't suppose an increase in Internet bandwidth well have much effect on the 
>climate and the materials necessary to manufacture servers and optical fibre are 
>not about to become exhausted. 
Right - I'm completly aware of the new and improved M$ Internet routers
and switches that do not require a single watt to transmit IP packages.
They absolutly fantasic. Soon the technique will be found in M$car,
M$home and m$business, and thereby completly eliminate the power needed
by these objects today!! :->

Sorry to be a pessimist, but I have yet to see *one single positive
thing* come out of ignoring the fact that there are resources that are
_not_ infininate. Bandwith, power, water whatever. The argument is the
same!

>It seems to me that the amount of Internet bandwidth we can have is essentially 
>limited only by the willingness to fund it and its provision has no ecological 
>impact.  
Really - look at the bigger picture. . .

Regards,
Anders

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