Posted AT 12:18 PM EST on 09/09/08
New tech battleground: Who is the greenest?
The technology industry has a growing public relations problem. It's an energy hog, producing carbon dioxide emissions equivalent to those of the aviation sector.Even though the massive collection of computer servers that drive the Internet is not as visible as airplanes, the tech industry produces about 725 megatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalents a year, representing about 2 per cent of the world's total emissions, according to consulting firm McKinsey & Co.
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