Estimates of potential reductions in greenhouse gasses vary from 1 billion tons over 10 years to almost 8 billion metric tons in 2020.
According to a study funded by both Microsoft and Intel, the carbon differential is 40 percent in favor of downloading music, even if the consumer then burns it onto a CD and puts it in a CD case.
If the downloaded music is not burned onto a CD, the differential rises to 80 percent.
According to a study funded by both Microsoft and Intel and authored by two academics at Carnegie Mellon University and a third affiliated with Stanford University, buying a music album digitally reduces carbon dioxide emissions by 40 to 80 percent relative to a “best-case” CD-purchasing scenario.
Broadband networks can enable municipalities to monitor traffic patterns
and adjust traffic signals to minimize traffic congestion, thereby reducing pollutants even further.
eCommerce generates 36% less conventional air pollutants than conventional shopping.
eCommerce generates 23% less hazardous waste than conventional shopping.
eCommerce requires 16% less energy than conventional shopping.
34% of consumers will not do financial business online.
eCommerce generates 9% less greenhouse gases than conventional shopping.
48% of online adults do not consider it safe to give credit card information over the Internet.