Fixed networks use less energy than mobile networks when streaming video, according to a new assessment of digital services from the European Commission (EC), while data shows that networks are not nearly as energy-intensive as many perceive them. Faultline does not usually give credence to napkin math power consumption figures or guesstimated comparisons between the video streaming industry and other gas-guzzling markets like aviation and white goods. However, this 150-page report from the EC, scribed together with consultancy outfit Ramboll and sustainable software firm resilio, looks pretty thorough. The basis is a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach – cited as a time-consuming and data-intensive model – factoring in three tiers to its calculations. These are user environment, network, and data…