First steps towards a more climate-friendly streaming

Watching videos on a tablet is a good choice from a climate perspective. After a
Watching videos on a tablet is a good choice from a climate perspective. After all, the tablet consumes less energy than a laptop or smart TV.
Watching videos on a tablet is a good choice from a climate perspective. After all, the tablet consumes less energy than a laptop or smart TV. Video streaming is responsible for high greenhouse gas emissions. These could be reduced with relatively simple measures. A study by the University of Würzburg shows possibilities for streamers. In recent years, video streaming has increased significantly. While every German spent an average of 42 minutes a day watching online videos on YouTube, Netflix, Facebook or other platforms in 2019, a year later it was already 55 minutes - in the group of 14- to 29-year-olds even 130 minutes.
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