Second Life Enviro Council: You’re Part of the Problem
There are a laudable group of environmentally conscious folks that have banded together in the virtual world of Second Life. Their purpose is to raise awareness of environmental issues. However, they’re apparently not aware of the detrimental effects that the sexual deviant’s playground produces.
As the impeccable Tony Walsh states in an open letter to the Second Life Environmental Council:
What is the environmental impact of an expanding virtual world served from thousands of high-end computers to hundreds of thousands of high-end computers around the globe? Although computers are getting more efficient as time goes by, Second Life isn’t getting any smaller: Ironically, a Brazilian version of Second Life is due to launch April 23, 2007. If Carr’s math is correct, Brazilian Second Life users will be doubling their average energy consumption.
I’ve reviewed your group’s Events Calendar for Earth Month / Earth Day, and I don’t see any events devoted to looking at the ecological impact of the platform from which you’ll be talking about ecological impact. That seems a bit like organizing a drive-a-thon for pollution reduction without examining the emissions of cars. Clearly you know cars aren’t an appropriate vehicle for pollution reduction: Is Second Life an appropriate vehicle for Earth Day events?
Oh snap! Now if you’ll excuse me I’m off to destroy a tree in real life by planting a fake one in game. Oh the irony!
