Can bloggers ever be green?

James S Murray
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The link between web space and energy use is largely ignored, but as the number of blogs continues to grow is it time to address their environmental impact?

Blogging has apparently just celebrated its tenth birthday. Were it a person you'd say it was fast approaching those teenage years when it starts to get confrontational, aggressive, surly, pedantic, volatile...

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