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- Pogojoe, on 11/20/2007, -1/+6I would have thought that this way of thinking would apply to not only the tech industry but most industries. The sad thing is that I think this direction is motivated by the dollar as opposed to ecological thinking. 'Green' is big right now and big businesses can't afford not to follow this path or lose face.
- Sporky023, on 11/20/2007, -1/+3This is a complete red herring. Computing and communication should themselves be seen as green strategic initiatives, because computation provides such incredible increases in efficiency with everything it touches. Examples:
Computer-controlled multi-zone heating systems are 22% more efficient than traditional systems.
Computer-controlled traffic redirection reduces congestion and boosts fuel efficiency.
Craigslist and ebay increase re-use of manufactured items.
Fuel efficiency gains in modern vehicles are 39% traceable to intelligent real-time engine optimization made available by computers.
Upload everyone's consciousness to a computer and we all live in the matrix, and the amount of power necessary to provide better than a first-world standard of living to seven billion people drops to about 1 GW - Volkov137, on 11/20/2007, -2/+4It's actually more efficient to use the microwave.
http://michaelbluejay.com/electricity/cooking.html - buckrogers1965, on 11/21/2007, -0/+2With the right mix of processors and field programmable gate arrays ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_ga ... ) to do things like decode and encode audio and video so that the computer can stay current with the latest protocols, you could make computers that just crush existing general purpose computers computationally while drawing very little wattage.
You could use a one watt CPU to control data flow through FPGA processing stages and easily reprogram the FPGA for the current task at hand. In essence totally rewiring your computer so that it can most efficently process it's current load.
The FPGA's can also soft emulate other CPUs at - toecutter169, on 11/20/2007, -3/+4This is a good thing - if governments won't take steps to decrease power usage, it's up to consumers to demand this type of technology, and it's up to manufacturers to provide it to fill the need. Even if people don't care about the world, the environment, or what kind of world their kids will grow in, at the very least they will care about their monthly power bill!
- stegre, on 12/03/2007, -0/+1It's cheaper to use the microwave but I'ts "greener" to use natural gas instead of electricity.
- NewAgeNetworker, on 04/26/2009, -0/+1Its not the government job to lead, its the people job. The government role is to only give tax insensitives to and some publicity to help deliver the message to make us aware. All businesses follow what ever trends that consumers demand. Any business big or small or even the new micro-businesses can participate if they can do this "If you can create desire then consumers will demand and support your business".
- cliffski, on 11/23/2007, -1/+1whereas keeping our energy bills high by wasting power makes us better off how?
- logandurand, on 11/21/2007, -1/+1So we've come to green computing now? This is total nonsense. Most of these "green" businesses are really just exploiting our obsession with saving the environment to suck our wallets dry.
- StanfordJones, on 05/24/2008, -0/+0Green computing can be as simple as shutting down your PC at night. For more info and power-saving downloads go to www.shutdownandprotect.com
- holdthatthought, on 11/26/2007, -0/+0Waiting for my new electrochromatic display!
- jakerobinson, on 11/20/2007, -2/+2Our server room is 100% virtual, as is our data center. I can't imaging how much power would be consumed by all the machines we are running if they were in separate boxes.
- fbordage, on 10/13/2008, -0/+0In my point of view, the greenest = the oldest. Because "grey energy" is ten time bigger than the energy consumed by the PC during all is electronic life. See http://greenIT.fr for more about green IT and grey energy.
- inactive, on 11/20/2007, -2/+1I am sorry but the posted data on green house warming does not compute. Did anyone read the article? Free publicity for VIA. I would not use a computer manufactured with VIA chips. They are technologically too far behind Intel.
As for the green revolution there are too many warm fuzzies and not enough realities. Deforestation of the Amazon Forrest has done more damage to the planet Earth than CO2 emissions by coal fired powerhouses. So does the use of cotton fibre instead of hemp fibre for clothing; hemp can also be used to manufacture paper and biofuels. The use of corn as a biofuel is criminal; hemp will do a better job.
When you realistically look at the green alternatives, it is vested commercial interests out to make a profit proposing the technologies. There is proof that those green technologies proposed will make any difference to global warming.
- toecutter169, on 11/20/2007, -3/+1Great link, thanks for that!
- stegre, on 11/20/2007, -11/+1blablablablablablabla... use the cooking stove instead of microwave.... bla bla bla bla bla bla bla
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