The Internet Weighs Two Ounces

Posted on December 7, 2006 by Michael Froomkin

This guy estimated the weight of all the electrons in circulation that make up the internet. It adds up to two ounces: ADAMANT: Weighing the Web

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2 Responses to The Internet Weighs Two Ounces

  1. James Grimmelmann says:
    December 7, 2006 at 6:26 pm

    Put another way, the Internet requires about half a miligram of mass per second to run. (Take the energy figure he gives and apply Einstein’s mass-energy equation.) Of course, my math is getting rather rusty, so take this figure with about half a miligram of sand.

  2. KarenMcL says:
    December 7, 2006 at 8:51 pm

    I dont know…I’m sure I’ve seen a couple of Vicious Attack Internets that weigh lots more than two ounces. Big as coyotes they seemed when they had me cornered and Ate my Blog. *smile*

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