How does streaming affect the environment?

Question

I always see posts about how streaming emits CO2 and has a high carbon footprint but I don’t actually understand how that happens.

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Answer 1

The people who are saying that are basing it on electrical production. Streaming uses electricity. A lot of places still have CO2 emitting power generation, so anything electrical has a “CO2 footprint”. Chances are, though, it is not a “high carbon footprint” due to new regulations on power plant emissions, but it’s also not zero. So, they can ignore the actual data, and just use the parts that fit their narrative