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Being concerned about page sizes is 100% wasted effort.

Calculate how much electricity you personally consume in total browsing the Internet for a year. Multiply that by 10 to be safe.

Then compare that number to how much energy it takes to produce a single hamburger.

Do the calculation yourself if you do not believe me.

On average, we developers can make a bigger difference by choosing to eat salad one day instead of optimizing our websites for a week.



Or how much energy it took to even get to work by car that day.


What if I already eat salad?




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