Yes. Generating 5 seconds of video uses as much electricity as watching 1 hour 10 minutes of streamed video, screen and network included: 90 Wh, against 77 Wh per hour watched according to the International Energy Agency (IEA), using its 2019 figure. Counting data centres only, the gap is about 20 times larger.
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