Microsoft, Google, Teams, emails, Zoom and phone calls are now our working reality. Whether working from the office or logging on from home, Covid-19 has made the workplace more digital. "The energy consumed to view that clip was 900 GWh, that's the energy consumption of five African countries." If you've got them based in a country that's using fossil fuels to generate their electricity, obviously that will be worse than somewhere that's using renewables." Another downside to working from home is the flurry of emails needed to communicate instead of speaking in person.

Source: New Zealand Herald November 28, 2020 01:52 UTC