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Pt 2 - Embodied Energy of the Internet - Katie Singer Genuinely Useful

    • Natural Sciences

“If people remain unaware, in the illusion of the simplicity of sending an email, then there isn’t really a way to move forward until Nature imposes limits on us”
---> Subscribe for new podcast episode Email Notifications HERE
Where do we get these wonderful toys? What are the hidden costs of the Internet? How do we get silicon wafers for electronics manufacturing?
And while we’re at it, how are we able to download podcasts for free? Or is it free? What is the true cost? 
Katie Singer is the author of An Electronic Silent Spring
http://www.electronicsilentspring.com/
https://www.ourweb.tech
 
Episode’s Music
Bandcamp -> “Easy Life”
Music by Abe Vandenberg
---> Hear All of the Podcast's Featured Music HERE
See Episode Webpage 
https://genuinelyuseful.com/podcast-ep25-katie-singer
 
>>>>> Questions about this episode? 
 
Want to share a comment or a topic for a future episode? 
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Links and References:
 
Get informed about the true costs of using a smartphone
http://www.ourweb.tech/campaign/
 
Reassembling Rubbish: Worlding Electronic Waste by Josh Lepawsky
https://www.amazon.com/Reassembling-Rubbish-Worlding-Electronic-Waste/dp/0262535335
 
Heather White’s award winning film “Complicit” about workers poisoned by benzene and n-hexane
http://www.complicitfilm.org/
 
Our Web of Inconvenient Truths - Nov 2019 Newsletter
https://www.ourweb.tech/november-2019-newsletter/
 
Modern Slavery and Your Devices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlDNfOXBFLA&feature=share
 
On Global Electricity Usage of Communication Technology: Trends to 2030
https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/6/1/117
 
The Campaign to Reduce Our Internet Footprint
www.ourweb.tech/campaign
 
Why do we burn coal and trees to make solar panels?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335083312_Why_do_we_burn_coal_and_trees_to_make_solar_panels
 
On Global Electricity Usage of Communication Technology: Trends to 2030
https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/6/1/117
 
Limits to Growth by Donella H. Meadows 
https://www.amazon.com/Limits-Growth-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/193149858X
 
Our Web of InconvenientTruths
https://www.ourweb.tech/stellanatura2020
 
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Magical Egypt
(go to to this podcast’s Episode 13 with Chance Gardner, released Nov 8, 2018)
 
You can Save 15% on Magical Egypt with Coupon Code "genuse"
Own Both Magical Egypt Series 1 and 2
 
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Episode Artwork Photo credit: Ian Battaglia
https://unsplash.com/photos/9drS5E_Rguc
 
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I’d love it if you could please share Genuinely Useful podcast on twitter and facebook:
 
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Contact: genuinelyuseful@gmail.com
 
Thanks for being here
-Abe

“If people remain unaware, in the illusion of the simplicity of sending an email, then there isn’t really a way to move forward until Nature imposes limits on us”
---> Subscribe for new podcast episode Email Notifications HERE
Where do we get these wonderful toys? What are the hidden costs of the Internet? How do we get silicon wafers for electronics manufacturing?
And while we’re at it, how are we able to download podcasts for free? Or is it free? What is the true cost? 
Katie Singer is the author of An Electronic Silent Spring
http://www.electronicsilentspring.com/
https://www.ourweb.tech
 
Episode’s Music
Bandcamp -> “Easy Life”
Music by Abe Vandenberg
---> Hear All of the Podcast's Featured Music HERE
See Episode Webpage 
https://genuinelyuseful.com/podcast-ep25-katie-singer
 
>>>>> Questions about this episode? 
 
Want to share a comment or a topic for a future episode? 
You can send me (Abe) an email using this online message form: Click Here



Links and References:
 
Get informed about the true costs of using a smartphone
http://www.ourweb.tech/campaign/
 
Reassembling Rubbish: Worlding Electronic Waste by Josh Lepawsky
https://www.amazon.com/Reassembling-Rubbish-Worlding-Electronic-Waste/dp/0262535335
 
Heather White’s award winning film “Complicit” about workers poisoned by benzene and n-hexane
http://www.complicitfilm.org/
 
Our Web of Inconvenient Truths - Nov 2019 Newsletter
https://www.ourweb.tech/november-2019-newsletter/
 
Modern Slavery and Your Devices
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlDNfOXBFLA&feature=share
 
On Global Electricity Usage of Communication Technology: Trends to 2030
https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/6/1/117
 
The Campaign to Reduce Our Internet Footprint
www.ourweb.tech/campaign
 
Why do we burn coal and trees to make solar panels?
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/335083312_Why_do_we_burn_coal_and_trees_to_make_solar_panels
 
On Global Electricity Usage of Communication Technology: Trends to 2030
https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/6/1/117
 
Limits to Growth by Donella H. Meadows 
https://www.amazon.com/Limits-Growth-Donella-H-Meadows/dp/193149858X
 
Our Web of InconvenientTruths
https://www.ourweb.tech/stellanatura2020
 
_________
Magical Egypt
(go to to this podcast’s Episode 13 with Chance Gardner, released Nov 8, 2018)
 
You can Save 15% on Magical Egypt with Coupon Code "genuse"
Own Both Magical Egypt Series 1 and 2
 
___________
 
Episode Artwork Photo credit: Ian Battaglia
https://unsplash.com/photos/9drS5E_Rguc
 
========+++========
 
HELP SPREAD THE WORD!
 
I’d love it if you could please share Genuinely Useful podcast on twitter and facebook:
 
https://twitter.com/genuinelyuseful
 
https://www.facebook.com/genuinelyuseful
 
If you enjoy this podcast, tap on over to Apple Podcasts and kindly leave me a rating, write a review, and subscribe! Thank you so much!



Links to Share Genuinely Useful podcast:
 
Click here to share on Apple Podcasts [iOS]  
Click here to share on Overcast [iOS]  
Click here to share on Spotify  
Click here to share on Google Podcasts [Android  
Click here to share on Stitcher [iOS and Android]  
Genuinely Useful Podcast Home Page
https://genuinelyuseful.com/podcast



Contact: genuinelyuseful@gmail.com
 
Thanks for being here
-Abe

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