On Oct 12, 2007, at 10:32 AM, Eric Burger wrote:
Here is an interesting optimization problem: it turns out the most
polluting part of a conference is people taking jets to fly to the
conference. Minimize that and the planet wins. Favors hub cities
over
spokes, like San Diego or Prague, where you "can't get there from
here",
no matter where "here" is.
See http://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/reprint/318/5847/36.pdf
If the Internet really uses 9.4% of total US electricity consumption,
as is claimed here,
http://uclue.com/index.php?xq=724
then the problem is much worse than travel to IETF meetings.
Regards
Marshall
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