The Economist reports from this blog entry of Nicolas Carr, calculating how much energy a second life citizen uses in real life:

Which, annualized, gives us 1,752 kWh. So an avatar consumes 1,752 kWh per year. By comparison, the average human, on a worldwide basis, consumes 2,436 kWh per year. So there you have it: an avatar consumes a bit less energy than a real person, though they’re in the same ballpark.

WOW, that’s a lot.

P.S. On a completely unrelated note: According to a survey more people fear US immigration officials than they fear terrorists.

This is my little N800 making its way through Europe from, err, Zurich through Brussels back to Zurich???!

02 Mar 2007 	08:44 	Zurich 	Import Received 
01 Mar 2007 	20:20 	Brussels Hub 	Consignment Received At Transit Point 
01 Mar 2007 	20:18 	Brussels Hub 	Consignment Passed Through Transit Point 
01 Mar 2007 	18:32 	Liege 	Shipped From Originating Depot 
01 Mar 2007 	17:05 	Liege 	Consignment Received At Transit Point 
01 Mar 2007 	07:30 	Zurich 	Held Customs