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Which is a good reminder that a carbon tax might be a useful way to go. The easiest way to push on all these different areas is to just make it more expensive to create CO2.
by Metatone (metatone [a|t] gmail (dot) com) on Mon Jan 12th, 2009 at 08:51:18 AM EST
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On the cost side, the datacenters are also serving to buffer tons of duplicated information on the edges so that one server doesn't have to serve all. This redundancy, of course, costs power.

On the positive side, Google is moving forward with alternative power for their centers; their own solar, their own windmills, their own rivers and dams...

Never underestimate their intelligence, always underestimate their knowledge.

Frank Delaney ~ Ireland

by siegestate (siegestate or beyondwarispeace.com) on Mon Jan 12th, 2009 at 11:12:36 AM EST
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