carbon calculus – Death by Data – Fahrenheit 451/751
“For dust we are and to data we will return”
It is estimated that one human life is lost prematurely every 4.51 seconds due to exposure to dust. Furthermore, we estimate that one human life is lost prematurely every 7.51 minutes due to the exposure to dust originating from the production, delivery and consumption of digital data.
| percent | total | 1 premature death every X seconds | 1 premature death every X minutes | source | |
| seconds per year | 31.556.952 | ||||
| deaths per year | 67.100.000 | https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/number-of-deaths-per-year | |||
| deaths per year caused by air pollution | 10,43 % | 7.000.000 | 4,51 | 0,07 | https://ourworldindata.org/data-review-air-pollution-deaths |
| air pollution caused by electricity | 25,00 % | 1.750.000 | 18,03 | 0,30 | https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/sources-greenhouse-gas-emissions |
| electricity used for internet and digital devices | 4,00 % | 70.000 | 450,81 | 7,51 |