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It would have been best for CO2Stats to help Google to buy carbon offset and further work with them to reduce their energy consumption etc.... But I guess not

It would have been best for CO2Stats to help Google to buy carbon offset and further work with them to reduce their energy consumption etc.... But I guess not every company cares what Google thinks off them and they just spit it like it is.

redorb 18y ago
spitting it how it is would be here http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/powering-google-search.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/powering-google-searc... the conflict of interest is the irritating part.
axod 18y ago
Umm I think google is doing fine with renewable energy initiatives by itself actually... Real ones - like installing solar panels all over the roof. Instead of imaginary "buy carbon offset" ones.
- rokhayakebe 18y ago
  I do not know what Google does in regards to green energy. I am simply saying that if I were Co2Stats I would have try to work with them.
  - axod 18y ago
    From the google blog: "We've made great strides to reduce the energy used by our data centers, but we still want clean and affordable sources of electricity for the power that we do use. In 2008 our philanthropic arm, Google.org, invested $45 million in breakthrough clean energy technologies. And last summer, as part of our Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative (RE<C), we created an internal engineering group dedicated to exploring clean energy. We're also working with other members of the IT community to improve efficiency on a broader scale. In 2007 we co-founded the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, a group which champions more efficient computing. This non-profit consortium is committed to cutting the energy consumed by computers in half by 2010 — reducing global CO2 emissions by 54 million tons per year. That's a lot of kettles of tea." Also they have a few solar panels http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=google&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.808514,76.640625&ie=UTF8&ll=37.422002,-122.084321&spn=0.00213,0.004678&t=h&z=18&iwloc=F http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&#38...
- pg 18y ago
  CO2Stats doesn't buy carbon offsets. They buy renewable energy certificates.
  - axod 18y ago
    It just seems weird to me... 1. I could install solar panels, wind turbines, optimize things, require less servers, energy saving lights etc, reduce my energy bill, and save money. 2. I could pay CO2Stats money, to buy renewable energy certificates, costing me extra money, and not reducing energy usage. Why would I choose 2 over 1? It just doesn't make any sense to me.
    - gravitycop 18y ago
      I could install solar panels, wind turbines [...] and save money. How do solar panels and wind turbines save money?
      - axod 18y ago
        I'm confused. If you install solar panels, which generate electricity, surely you don't need to spend so much buying electricity?
        gravitycop 18y ago
        If you install solar panels [...] you don't need to spend so much buying electricity Does it cost nothing to install solar panels?
        anamax 18y ago
        Solar panels (and windmills) aren't the cheapest way to generate electricity. While they have 0 fuel costs, they have both maintenance and fixed costs. And then there's that whole "night" and "no wind" thing.
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redorb 18y ago

spitting it how it is would be here http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/powering-google-search.html http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/powering-google-searc... the conflict of interest is the irritating part.

axod 18y ago

Umm I think google is doing fine with renewable energy initiatives by itself actually... Real ones - like installing solar panels all over the roof. Instead of imaginary "buy carbon offset" ones.

rokhayakebe 18y ago
I do not know what Google does in regards to green energy. I am simply saying that if I were Co2Stats I would have try to work with them.
- axod 18y ago
  From the google blog: "We've made great strides to reduce the energy used by our data centers, but we still want clean and affordable sources of electricity for the power that we do use. In 2008 our philanthropic arm, Google.org, invested $45 million in breakthrough clean energy technologies. And last summer, as part of our Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal initiative (RE<C), we created an internal engineering group dedicated to exploring clean energy. We're also working with other members of the IT community to improve efficiency on a broader scale. In 2007 we co-founded the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, a group which champions more efficient computing. This non-profit consortium is committed to cutting the energy consumed by computers in half by 2010 — reducing global CO2 emissions by 54 million tons per year. That's a lot of kettles of tea." Also they have a few solar panels http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=google&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.808514,76.640625&ie=UTF8&ll=37.422002,-122.084321&spn=0.00213,0.004678&t=h&z=18&iwloc=F http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&#38...
pg 18y ago
CO2Stats doesn't buy carbon offsets. They buy renewable energy certificates.
- axod 18y ago
  It just seems weird to me... 1. I could install solar panels, wind turbines, optimize things, require less servers, energy saving lights etc, reduce my energy bill, and save money. 2. I could pay CO2Stats money, to buy renewable energy certificates, costing me extra money, and not reducing energy usage. Why would I choose 2 over 1? It just doesn't make any sense to me.
  - gravitycop 18y ago
    I could install solar panels, wind turbines [...] and save money. How do solar panels and wind turbines save money?
    - axod 18y ago
      I'm confused. If you install solar panels, which generate electricity, surely you don't need to spend so much buying electricity?
      - gravitycop 18y ago
        If you install solar panels [...] you don't need to spend so much buying electricity Does it cost nothing to install solar panels?
      - anamax 18y ago
        Solar panels (and windmills) aren't the cheapest way to generate electricity. While they have 0 fuel costs, they have both maintenance and fixed costs. And then there's that whole "night" and "no wind" thing.
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