According to Andrew Ellis, Professor of Visual communication at the University of Aston, of the Internet in Britain consume between 8 and 15% of energy in the United Kingdom, equivalent to the output of three nuclear power plants. But fearful that consumption is doubling every four years. At this rate, by the year 2035 online will require all the energy produced by the United Kingdom, it is not tolerated in full.
"We cannot produce more energy in, so the only solution is to restrict access to the Internet," says Professor Ellis.
The solution is closest to reality and logic by Professor Ellis is rationed, the set maximum monthly data for each connection to the meaning of the limitation, in this case, the Internet can become a privilege for people with high purchasing power and rich bourgeois class.
But there is another more urgent alarm. Fiber optic cables through which the information is transferred to homes, businesses and even between States will reach its maximum capacity to transfer data by the end of the Decade. Increasingly data is faster and faster. According to Andrew Lord, expert operator BT, fibre-optic cable will reach full capacity in the year 2023. And then, to keep on growing demand for the Internet must be added additional cables to each connection, but this requires modifying all the infrastructure of the Internet, users have the option to pay to use more than one cable, which entails an increase in the rates of Internet at least 25 or 30%. Which was worse, the energy consumption will double
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