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A new study examines how harmful video games are to the environment. Minecraft harms the climate like no other game.

A study by SaveOnEnergy wants to investigate how harmful video games are to the climate. There are at least 2.5 billion gamers worldwide whose favorite hobby costs electricity. Minecraft, of all things, is dubbed the worst climate killer.

The reason, however, is not the tons of coal that you burn in your furnaces to melt gold and iron. Instead, Minecraft’s ranking stems from its popularity. For the study, the Sales figures with the time it takes the game to finish, offset.

More players who play longer also means one higher power consumption and thus more CO2. Especially since most of the energy is still obtained by burning non-renewable raw materials.

Since Minecraft has been more than Sold 200,000,000 times it ends up in first place. At the same time, it takes about 120 hours to complete the game. This also brings the highest average value per player to 3 kg of CO2. According to the study, it would 1,333,333,333 Miles (2145791999.464 km) long drive by car.

However, if you take a look at the list, you will notice some inconsistencies. The games of the “Call of Duty” series several of the lower places. Despite good sales figures, it holds short playing time away from the top positions. Most Call of Duty players, however, will have spent a few hours in multiplayer after the campaign.

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A study finds that Minecraft is the world’s most polluting game. In research, however, long games are penalized, while multiplayer modes are ignored at all. What do you think of the results? Please write us in the comments.