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10/03/2024 06:41:41 PM (4 months ago)
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  • Ticket #49056, comment 12

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    66- According to Google AI there are 861 million WordPress websites
    77- I'm assuming 75% updated to the latest version of WordPress and did not have the aforementioned flag set.
    8 - A quick Google brings up a [https://observablehq.com/%40mrchrisadams/carbon-footprint-of-sending-data-around carbon footprint calculator] which doesn't link well(!) but suggests downloading 3 megabytes releases about 0.003kg of CO2
    9 - I'm not taking into account storage
     8- A quick Google brings up a [https://observablehq.com/%40mrchrisadams/carbon-footprint-of-sending-data-around carbon footprint calculator] which suggests downloading 3 megabytes releases about 0.003kg of CO2
     9- I'm not taking into account the impact of the extra storage consumed
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    11 Even if you water these numbers down considerably there's an awful lot of CO2 being released here which could seemingly be avoided by providing a simple link and a button.
     11Even if you water these numbers down considerably there's an awful lot of CO2 being released here which could seemingly be avoided by providing a simple instruction/alert and a button.
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    13 When WordPress was starting out I imagine the default theme was used a lot of the time. These days I would expect that balance has shifted. But perhaps someone has these numbers...
     13More generally I would have thought when WordPress was starting out the default theme was used a lot of the time. These days I imagine that balance has shifted. But perhaps someone has these numbers...