Second Life’s Sustainability

An interesting discussion on Charity Web Forum (a Yahoo group) on charity presence in the Second Life virtual world has thrown up a reference to the energy consumption involved. See Avatars consume as much electricity as Brazilians, where one comment says “Looking at CO2 production, 1,752 kWH/year per avatar is about 1.17 tons of CO2. That’s the equivalent of driving an SUV around 2,300 miles (or a Prius around 4,000).” So probably not a place for environmental groups to be seen!

I find it a bit surprising that there seems to be one web server for every 3 or 4 avatars, but then that’s probably covered elsewhere re the sustainability of the business model. And I haven’t read all the comments.