The environmental impact from social networking sites and web surfing boils down to energy usage, which in turn affects the amount of greenhouse gases we pump into our atmosphere.
Japan would be hard pressed to close all of its 54 nuclear reactors anytime soon, especially given that these plants provide over a third of the nation’s electricity supply and 11 percent of its total energy needs.
Coal-fired power will be the predominant source of electricity used by electric and plug-in hybrid cars unless we begin to source significant amounts of electricity from renewables like solar and wind.
The jury is still out as to whether——or how much——radio and microwave frequencies from cell phones and other sources may negatively impact human health.
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