sorry I’m lagging on responding, I’m adapting to life and shakeups in the fediverse
initially negligable
yeah this problem is with tech in general, I think it’s called jevon’s paradox: every time tech is invented, the idea is it will save labor or resources, but people end up just using more resources a lot of times. Like a light bulb that is 10x more efficient, means people just buy 11 more light bulbs instead.
ebooks as being more environmentally friendly
well it’s better than audiobooks or video I think; I think they can possibly be ecofriendly, it may depend on the device you consume on (a desktop computer + monitor would probably consume a lot more energy than a phone or ereader)
speed limit
we don’t have to have a regulation, it could just be a culturally adapted norm (if this is thought to be a good thing); or we could find ways to make better use of data resources
If I can read it instead of watch it, I will
I’ve thought of some experiments like this before, like for instance listening to audio I think is way more energy efficient with headphones versus a speaker (1000x?)
I don’t know if you’re a /datahoarder/ at all but that’s another thought, hard drives only last so long and people buy new ones to keep their data going… I don’t know how sustainable this is but it seems a bit concerning that new hard drives are needed so frequently. /digitalminimalism/ might be a topic worth discussing