[Osmf-talk] Sustainable Travel Expenses Resolution – Request for Support

[Craig Allan]

Responding to Mikel...

We use about 90 servers worldwide. I guesstimate they use at minimum 400 
MWh annually, producing roughly 180 tons of CO2 if all the power is 
fossil based.   Compare that to flying Berlin to Paris and back, which 
is about 100kg of carbon dioxide per passenger.  The same journey by 
train would use about 20kg.

Relocating our servers to Norway (73% green electricity), Iceland (72%) 
or Sweden (54%) would be great. Unfortunately we use a lot of donated 
servers and rack space, and it is globally distributed, so relocating 
everything to beautiful Oslo doesn't make sense.  Sigh....

If we do pass a Carbon Reduction resolution it should state that we will 
locate servers on a greener power grid, whenever it is practical, and 
that we will book our travel on the greenest transport that is practical.

CA


On 2020/10/26 15:42, Mikel Maron wrote:
> ... Options to reduce by selecting more sustainable power sources for hosting, or other efforts, might take some time. But worth looking at...
>
> As is, the proposal is not likely to have a significant impact on OSMF's carbon emissions

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