greening the internet

In our everyday lifestyle, we are blind to see that our gadgets include energy, toxics and waste that are used to provide us these gadgets. Energy use will continue to grow, but the good news is that the rapid growth of America's energy use with data farms have decreased since the integration of improved energy efficiency and advanced management came into effect. With the energy use increasing, the transition to renewable energy will be needed to efficiently utilize for reducing greenhouse gas pollution in the future. Not only are there pollution being emitted from energy use, but the materials of the products are also causing an impact. Graphite is a key element in lithium-ion batteries which can pollute land, air and water. Apple became a highly consciousness industry and transitioned their electricity to use renewable sources. They state that today they power 100% of operations with 100% renewable energy.

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