Carbon footprint of a website

shady · 17 Jan 2009 at 14:52

Is there a way to measure the carbon footprint of a website?

Conan257 · 17 Jan 2009 at 14:56

Really? I mean honestly?

Perhaps... work out how much it costs to run a basic system, probably as close as you'd get.

shady · 17 Jan 2009 at 15:01

Well if they can work out how much a google search uses, there must a calculation formula, dependent on data served

J.B · 17 Jan 2009 at 15:44

If you find the research that says how much carbon output is from a google search, in the article it mentions the cost of looking at an average website for a minute IIRC.