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This Video Has Consumed 1874532.5 AA Batteries!

Thanks to http://www.audible.com/minuteearth for sponsoring this video. The title of this video is changing every 10 seconds to reflect an estimate of the actual energy used just by people (like you!) watching it. Thanks to Jasper Palfree for doing the computer magic that makes that possible!

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Script Writer: Henry Reich (@MinutePhysics)
Script Editor: Alex Reich
Video Illustrator: Omkar Bhagat (@TheCuriousEnggr)
Video Director: Emily Elert (@eelert)
Video Narrator: Henry Reich (@MinutePhysics)
With Contributions From: Kate Yoshida, Ever Salazar, Peter Reich, Rachel Becker, David Goldenberg
Music by: Nathaniel Schroeder: http://www.soundcloud.com/drschroeder

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FYI: We try to leave jargon out of our videos, but if you want to learn more about this topic, here are some handy keywords to get your googling started:
Data – information, typically stored on computers via electrical signals
Electrons – small elementary particles that flow through wires to transmit power and data
Photons – small elementary particles of light that carry information from screens to your face
Local Metro Network – computer network on the scale of a city, town, neighborhood, etc
Live action video – a video recording of the real world (people, scenery, etc) created using a camera
Data compression – storing data (pictures, video, text files, etc) in less space than the way it’s normally displayed. Kind of like a modern version of microfilm. Or words.
Illustrated video – video created using computer software to generate still images, kind of like a fancy powerpoint slideshow
Gangnam style – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0
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References:

Assessing Internet energy intensity: A review of methods and results: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0195925513001121

The Energy Intensity of the Internet: Home and Access Networks: http://publicationslist.org/data/lorenz.hilty/ref-229/2014_Coroama_Schien_Preist_Hilty_Energy_Intensity_Internet_Home_Access.pdf

The Energy Intensity of the Internet: Edge and Core Networks: http://publicationslist.org/data/lorenz.hilty/ref-229/2014_Coroama_Schien_Preist_Hilty_Energy_Intensity_Internet_Home_Access.pdf

Emerging Trends in Electricity Consumption for Consumer ICT:
http://tinyurl.com/h69uvma

Average energy use of American home: https://www.eia.gov/tools/faqs/faq.cfm?id=97&t=3

Typical wattages of everyday electronics: https://www.gozolt.com/blog/power-devices-consume/

Energy in AA Batteries: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AA_battery

tablet energy use:
http://tinyurl.com/zy8jcle
http://tinyurl.com/j8for2u
http://tinyurl.com/zy8jcle
http://tinyurl.com/o2u2y9m

Hidden energy costs online: http://tinyurl.com/zh93kwq

Average computer energy use:
http://tinyurl.com/gsqzdz6 (~100W)
http://tinyurl.com/z9c92fs

Estimate to transfer 1Mb of data (average efficiency): http://tinyurl.com/jb2od4k

Energy efficiency of internet: http://tinyurl.com/jq5hndm

Broadband usage guide: http://tinyurl.com/gmezjkg

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