The New York Times Online published a blog post in 2009 reporting on a study done into the environmental impact of traditional and digital music purchases. According to the study, which was financed by Microsoft and Intel, buying music online can reduce the carbon impact of your music by up to 80% (40% if you end up burning the downloaded music to CD, up to 80% otherwise).
However, this isn't super clear. Things like the energy needed for large file downloads, or if the customer walks to the record store cause considerable variance in the carbon cost of a CD. Furthermore, we also need to consider e-waste generated from digital music players.
So, it seems that the best thing we can do is to download our music and store it digitally, not on a burned CD, and buy high-quality music players that will last, treat them well and try to repair them when they break.
So, it seems that the best thing we can do is to download our music and store it digitally, not on a burned CD, and buy high-quality music players that will last, treat them well and try to repair them when they break.
What do you think?
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