- All activities of a person or other entity, including buildings, companies, countries, digital service providers, and others can also contribute to carbon emission figures
- Compare the Market states that there are ten social media that contribute the most carbon emissions in the world, namely: TikTok (2.63 g/min), Reddit (2.48 g/min), Pinterest (1.3 g/min), Instagram (1.05 g/min), Snapchat (0.87 g/min), Facebook (0.79 g/min), LinkedIn (0.71 g/min), Twitter (0.60 g/min), Twitch (0.55 g /min), and YouTube (0.46g/min)
- That doesn’t mean we have to completely abandon social media because of its bad effects. What we need to do is be wise in using it
Today, we are very easily connected with other people because of technological advances. With the presence of social media, all matters relating to communication become easier and more efficient.
But, unfortunately not only positive things are brought by social media. Currently there are many social media that make users addicted.
Everyone, anywhere, and anytime has difficulty not holding a cell phone. The fact that level of human dependence on cellphones and social media currently has several negative impacts.
Some of the negative impacts that we often encounter are eye damage due to too intense exposure to radiation from cellphone light, mental health disorders, massive and uncontrollable spread of hoaxes, and even causing death due to using cellphones at the wrong time and place.
Sobat EBT Heroes, did you know that the negative impacts of social use are not only the things mentioned above? In fact, the use of social media can also have a negative impact on the environment.
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How Did It Happen?
We cannot see directly the negative impact of using social media on the environment. One of the negative impacts caused is contributing to carbon emission figures.
When we actively use social media, our cellphone or device will also continue to be active. With an intense and continuous active period, these devices also need energy to survive.
This is where the contribution of carbon emissions begins. By charging continuously and intensely, the electricity usage will also be higher.
What we know is that much of the electricity produced still uses fossil energy as its generator.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), in 2021, carbon emission figures have jumped dramatically, namely 4.5 percent from the previous year. Finally, the use of more electricity than usual.
In 2021, the International Energy Agency (IEA), states that carbon emission figures will increase by 4.5% from the previous year. Which, it is known that one of the reasons for the drastic increase in this number is due to the use of large amounts of electrical energy.
Along with the increase in our activity on the internet triggering an increase in demand for additional electrical power of 42.6 million megawatts per hour. It is used to support data transmission, powering data center buildings that include hardware, computer network data, cloud services, and digital applications.
What Social Medias Play the Role?
Carbon footprint could have come from nature such as the eruption of Mount Merapi. However, the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions produced as a whole does not only come from natural sources.
All activities of a person or other entity, including buildings, companies, countries, digital service providers, and others can also contribute to carbon emission figures.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that human activities are the sector that produces the most carbon footprint, thus accelerating the increase in greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and causing excessive heat to be absorbed by greenhouse gases.
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One of the human activities that has this impact is the use of social media. Compare the Market states that there are ten social media that contribute the most carbon emissions in the world, namely: TikTok (2.63 g/min), Reddit (2.48 g/min), Pinterest (1.3 g/min), Instagram (1.05 g/min), Snapchat (0.87 g/min), Facebook (0.79 g/min), LinkedIn (0.71 g/min), Twitter (0.60 g/min), Twitch (0.55 g /min), and YouTube (0.46g/min).
How to Deal with That?
It cannot be denied that the presence of social media is very helpful for human life. Starting from the media of communication, information, and entertainment.
That doesn’t mean we have to completely abandon social media because of its bad effects. What we need to do is be wise in using it.
Being wise in social media is not only able to protect ourselves from the effects of gadget radiation. But it can also protect our earth so that it can remain a friendly and comfortable place for living things in this world.
By using social media as a place to seek entertainment at a minimum. Replace these activities with environmentally friendly activities such as planting in your home garden, cleaning up trash around your environment, or trying to make art from recyclable materials.
Let’s use social media wisely and love the environment.
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Editor: Annisa Nur Fissilmi Kaffah
Reference:
[1] Meningkatnya Jejak Karbon Diiringi dengan Penggunaan Media Sosial yang Berlebihan
