Every Google search comes at the expense of the planet. In processing 3.5 billion searches a day, the world's most popular website (34) ________ about 40% of the Internet's carbon footprint. (35) ________ the notion that the Internet is a "cloud," it actually relies on millions of physical servers in data centers around the world, which are connected (36) ________ miles of undersea cables, switches, and routers, all requiring a lot of energy to run. Much of that energy comes from power sources that (37) _____ carbon dioxide into the air as they burn fossil fuels; one study from 2015 suggests internet activity results in as much CO2 emissions as the global (38) _______ industry.
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