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Reducing Embodied Carbon is Important

ACM Sigarch

Embodied carbon is due to Scope 3, e.g., manufacturing IT hardware and datacenter construction. Chien’s argument: Embodied carbon numbers are disproportionately large Rebuttal: Large embodied carbon numbers are reported by companies who have set public goals to reach net zero emissions by 2030. Chien’s argument: It costs only $1.4B

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The Performance Inequality Gap, 2024

Alex Russell

HTML, CSS, images, and fonts can all be parsed and run at near wire speeds on low-end hardware, but JavaScript is at least three times more expensive, byte-for-byte. For instance, GSMA predicts that 5G will only comprise half of connections by 2030. Regulatory roadblocks are still being cleared. But that's not the whole story!