MP3 Downloads Greener than CDs

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Studies have been conducted that reveal just how much better foe the environment it is to purchase music online than to buy CDs. One particular study was commissioned by Microsoft and Intel and compiled by Carnegie Mellon University and Stanford University and discovered that, by buying MP3 downloads instead of CDs, web users could reduce the carbon footprint of an average CD album by 40 to 80 per cent.

Even the lower end of this estimate is significant. By cutting carbon emissions by 40 per cent across the whole CD industry, huge changes would emerge. The music industry is ... Continue Reading Here..)