That is a really good way of putting it as a percentage of GNI. Reminds me of danluu’s blog posts on web bloat and web optimization.
The developer admits it’s not a replacement for the web. It’s really a refuge for people sick of dealing with other people’s design decisions. Something that puts the content first. One input I would like is from somebody who is visually impaired however. This is where gopher leaves a lot to be desired: http://ssb22.user.srcf.net/css/gopher.html . I imagine gemtext solves the issue of reflows though.
Still the web is really useful especially for secure forms. There is alot of great work by developers that shouldn’t been thrown out with the bathwater but under without any sort of practical restraints it has made the climate problem so much harder to solve.
