energy - Web Gangsta - Web Watch https://thewebgangsta.com Web Gangsta - Web Watch takes on pop culture, the web, and other interesting things ...since 1994. Fri, 30 May 2014 02:55:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.5 You can save the environment by watching Netflix https://thewebgangsta.com/2014/05/you-can-save-the-environment-by-watching-netflix/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=you-can-save-the-environment-by-watching-netflix Fri, 30 May 2014 23:00:43 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=7766 It’s true what the environmentalists say about technology – it’s here to ruin the Earth for years to come. But that’s only part of the story.  What if we told you that technology could actually SAVE the Earth instead? Amazon Prime And it’s all about how you watch movies at home. Everyone knows that streaming […]

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]]> How many gallons of gas does it take to charge an iPhone? https://thewebgangsta.com/2012/01/how-many-gallons-of-gas-does-it-take-to-charge-an-iphone/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-many-gallons-of-gas-does-it-take-to-charge-an-iphone Wed, 25 Jan 2012 00:00:16 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=4633 Solar iPhone/Cell phone charger It’s a fair question. Web Watch often hears Luddites talk about how battery-operated devices still need to get their energy from somewhere, so we’re not actually saving energy by driving around in our hybrid cars or otherwise relying on battery packs to get us what we need. Take the iPhone for […]

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]]> The Carbon Footprint of a Cheeseburger https://thewebgangsta.com/2009/06/the-carbon-footprint-of-a-cheeseburger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-carbon-footprint-of-a-cheeseburger Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:00:25 +0000 http://beta.thewebgangsta.com/?p=1063 Earlier this week in Web Watch, we mentioned how 15,000 Google searches used the same amount of energy as it took to create a single cheeseburger.   (And this even ties in with yesterday’s Best Fast-Food Burger post – welcome to Burger Week on Web Watch!)  Some people asked Web Watch where we got that burger energy information from, so […]

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