Streaming music costs more than you think

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Storing and processing downloaded music require vast data centres that use tremendous amounts of resources and energy, say Matt Brennan and Kyle Devine

Obviously this is not the last word on the matter. To truly compare past and present, if it were even possible, you would have to factor in the emissions involved in making the devices on which we have listened to music in different eras. You would need to look at the fuel burnt in distributing LPs or CDs to music stores, plus the costs of distributing music players then and now.

 

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Even more reason to 'Go Green' in the production of electricity. If electricity is the main source of pollution these days, then solving the pollution-part might make it a sustainable form of music...

Streamed music libraries are as wide as the ocean, but only as deep as a puddle. Do a search on 'LTJ Bukem', a pioneering 'Intelligent DnB' artist/producer from the 90s, and you will only find a fragmented list of his best work. He is not the only artist to suffer this fate...

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