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(...) The document, which does not skimp on the comparisons, thus explains that an iPhone consumes more electricity than a refrigerator - 361 kiloWatt-hours per year on average, against 322 kW-h - taking into account energy needs of its battery, wifi, or downloads and data exchanges (the calculations do not take into account, conversely, the energy consumed to produce the food stored in its refrigerator).
More generally, ICT weighs, with 1 teraWatt-hours of electricity consumed per year, for 500% of world production. Or the production of Germany and Japan. Or, to put it another way, the electricity which made it possible to light up the whole planet in 10. "We already use 1985% more energy to circulate bytes than to move all the planes in the world", also reports the Time.
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Thus, streaming a high definition movie over a wireless network consumes more than making and transporting a DVD of the same movie.
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