If you want to save the environment, you might have to give up online porn.
A new report by French think tank The Shift Project reveals that streaming online porn produces 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.
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The Shift Project analyzed data traffic reports from network companies, how much electricity was used to drive it, and how much greenhouse gas this caused.
It found that altogether online video is responsible for nearly 1 percent of global emissions, with streaming services like Netflix and Prime Video making up 34 percent of this.
About 27 percent of video emissions come from online pornography - or as much CO2 per year as countries such as Belgium, Bangladesh and Nigeria.
Their definition of online video doesn't include live video streaming like that used by camgirls, meaning the true figure created by porn could be much higher.
The report authors warn emissions will grow as viewing of online content increases, and they're urging consumers to think about how much video they're watching.
"If we let the video users go how they are going right now, there will be a time when we just won't be able to really sustain these users, and I think it's dangerous for the digital infrastructure for the digital world," report author Maxime Efoui-Hess, a project officer at The Shift Project, told Gizmodo.
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