I think Internet is a small wave inside a bigger wave. 1995 was internet boom, and 97-98 was major Earth climate cycle shift, super El Nino etc.
Technology with regards to climate impact has pretty much halted since the 1970s, why are global temperatures spiking so anomalously in the last 20 years? Seriously though, technology has flat lined (cars, houses, NASA, etc), the Earth is speeding up major now. I think there other factors at play, probably having do with government.