This has pretty much been all over the net, and I’m only linking to it now because of one of the comments in the thread: “You know, one of the best things about the intertubes is the fact that bullshit seems to be sniffed out at a pretty impressive clip.”

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“Mr. Gerstmann, we saw your 6.0 review of Kane & Lynch.” After a less than stellar review of Kane & Lynch, 10 year veteran game reviewer Jeff Gerstmann seems to have been fired from his position at Gamespot due to pressure from Eidos, publisher of Kane & Lynch. This also has been confirmed by a freelancer for Gamespot.

Reaction has been massive. K&L is now rated 2.0 by users on Gamespot. Many subscribers are cancelling and there’s a move to boycott Gamespot advertisers, which seems to be having some effect.

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But it turns out that the Internet is doing a lot more than just helping get the word out about environmental problems and solutions. It is, itself, an environmental solution.

Also on EcoGeek

• RadioHead and the Earth

• Downloadable Everything
• Wal-Mart’s Digital Movies
• CDs ARE DEAD
• GoToMyPC and EcoGeeks

A new report from the American Consumer Institute has calculated the current and future effects that broadband Internet will have on our carbon emissions. The resulting numbers are staggering. In the next 10 years, ACI reports that the world will save roughly 1 BILLION tons of carbon in the next ten years by operating on the Internet.

The trends break down like this:

• E-Commerce will reduce emissions by 200 M tons
• Telecommuting will prevent 250 tons of carbon emissions from reduced driving, 30 tons from reduced office construction and 300 tons of energy savings
• Teleconferencing could prevent 200 M tons of carbon emissions (if it replaces 10% of face-to-face meetings.)
• Shifting newspaper from print to digital could save 60 M tons of carbon
• Digitally shipping other goods, such as music, movies and books would also contribute.

Rock on, Internet! Well done…read the full report here (pdf).

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hat-tip to Albert