The study is an interesting read, but the article on sputniknews chose the most attention grabbing headline.
From the study "Pornographic videos make up 27% of all online video traffic in the world. [...] close to 0.2% of global emissions". Later it says it's "5% of global GHG [that's green house gas] emissions due to digital technology"
Food production/ consumption also emit (way more) carbon dioxide. Why is it right to fulfill one kind of desire, and wrong to fulfill another? The fundamental problem is over population. And porn watching is alleviating it.
From the study "Pornographic videos make up 27% of all online video traffic in the world. [...] close to 0.2% of global emissions". Later it says it's "5% of global GHG [that's green house gas] emissions due to digital technology"