I prefer to think that this post is unrealistically optimistic. If you drive an electric car and live in Quebec, this could very well be true. For reference, Quebec’s electric grid is just about 100% hydroelectric power, so your driving emissions would be close to 0.
I only looked at power consumption, not emissions.
If the electricity produced is emissions free than the emissions for both driving and streaming would be zero. So the original statement would be true, but meaningless.
But lets compare the energy consumption with an EV.
At 15kwh/100km(4.14mi/kWh) the EV would need
15kwh/100km*6,44km=0.966kwh for 4 miles.
That still leaves us with a power draw of 1.932KW.
That is closer to a realistic but I still don’t think the power consumption of streaming is that high.
I prefer to think that this post is unrealistically optimistic. If you drive an electric car and live in Quebec, this could very well be true. For reference, Quebec’s electric grid is just about 100% hydroelectric power, so your driving emissions would be close to 0.
I only looked at power consumption, not emissions. If the electricity produced is emissions free than the emissions for both driving and streaming would be zero. So the original statement would be true, but meaningless. But lets compare the energy consumption with an EV. At 15kwh/100km(4.14mi/kWh) the EV would need 15kwh/100km*6,44km=0.966kwh for 4 miles. That still leaves us with a power draw of 1.932KW. That is closer to a realistic but I still don’t think the power consumption of streaming is that high.