Comments on: Jay Walker: A library of human imagination http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/jay-walker-a-library-of-human-imagination/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Sat, 21 Nov 2009 19:59:24 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Mike in Nola http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/jay-walker-a-library-of-human-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-137285 Mike in Nola Sun, 04 Jan 2009 05:56:20 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=14883#comment-137285 Was I alone in picturing Helicopter Ben printing indulgences for the debt ridden? Was I alone in picturing Helicopter Ben printing indulgences for the debt ridden?

]]> By: debreuil http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/01/jay-walker-a-library-of-human-imagination/comment-page-1/#comment-137262 debreuil Sun, 04 Jan 2009 01:06:23 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=14883#comment-137262 I call BS on his bag of coal per gigabyte claim... A ballparking 10 min lookup on google came to the conclusion that, if by internet you mean all electronics (including TV's, curling irons, stereos, phones...), and you limit bandwidth to 150 TB/s, then maybe is it something like that. Sounds like a wild claim to me, esp since it is made without footnotes. bag of coal: 4000.0 g watts/hr per gram 1.7 w/h bag of coal as elec: 6.8 kw/h Total US energy consupmtion: 29000 TWh/yr total for all electronics (~2%): 580 TWh/yr total for all electronics every hour (res + biz) 66.2 GWh total US internet bandwidth ~ 150 TB/sec = 150000 GB/sec = 9000000 GB/hour = 61200000 kw/h of electricity (X 6.6 kwh) = 61.2 gigawatt/h I call BS on his bag of coal per gigabyte claim… A ballparking 10 min lookup on google came to the conclusion that, if by internet you mean all electronics (including TV’s, curling irons, stereos, phones…), and you limit bandwidth to 150 TB/s, then maybe is it something like that. Sounds like a wild claim to me, esp since it is made without footnotes.

bag of coal: 4000.0 g
watts/hr per gram 1.7 w/h
bag of coal as elec: 6.8 kw/h

Total US energy consupmtion:
29000 TWh/yr
total for all electronics (~2%):
580 TWh/yr
total for all electronics every hour (res + biz)
66.2 GWh

total US internet bandwidth ~
150 TB/sec
= 150000 GB/sec
= 9000000 GB/hour
= 61200000 kw/h of electricity (X 6.6 kwh)
= 61.2 gigawatt/h

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