The results show that for both comparisons wireless technologies create lower environmental impacts . Compared to reading a newspaper, receiving the news on a PDA wirelessly results in the release of 32-140 times less CO2, several orders of magnitude less NOx and SOx, and the use of 26-67 times less water.
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As it is currently used, our Internet-based world is not really eco-friendly , but it is not unfriendly to our environment either, and, with small day-to-day choices, it has the potential to be a far greater friend than any means of communication and computing which came before it.
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