26 Mar
2019
26 Mar
'19
2:29 p.m.
The so called 5G would take the mobile phone technology further high above
as a disproportionately high-energy technology. The Stanford article seems
to focus on "prioritizing and constructing high-energy systems", NOT on
sustainable technologies and NOT on addressing the social costs of the
high-energy mobile phone technology. Is there any research done on the
comparable energy requirements of Community Based Networks? As we are
relatively in the early phases of deploying Community Networks, there is
potential to build energy sustainability in the design of large scale
community networks.
Sivasubramanian M <https://www.facebook.com/sivasubramanian.muthusamy>
twitter.com/shivaindia
On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 4:07 PM Michael J. Oghia <mike.oghia(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Hi everyone,
I want to share this article
<https://ssir.org/articles/entry/scaling_power_for_global_prosperity#>
with you all about ending energy poverty and what is needed to address
electrification. I particularly liked this paragraph (emphasis mine):
*"The mobile phone revolution is often cited as an example that can be
replicated for energy. But mobile communications technology actually
exemplifies the need for high-energy systems. Charging phone batteries
accounts for less than 1 percent of the energy required for a smartphone to
operate. The other 99 percent is needed by the wider economy to manufacture
the phone, and to run the cell towers and data centers that enable the
phone to function. The mobile phone is a high-energy technology
masquerading as a low-energy one."*
Best,
-Michael
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