March 31st, 2010 at 8:53 AM EST | by inu846W
Because the iPad will further the growing market for cloud computing, international environmental advocacy group has criticized Apple’s newest hardware for having “a much larger carbon footprint than previously estimated.”
The new report from Greenpeace issued this week claims that “quintessential cloud computing devices,” like Apple’s iPad, raise questions about how the Internet is powered. Specifically, the nongovernmental organization said increase demand for online services will also result in a larger demand for “dirty coal power.”
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