According to a Nov. 27th, 2007 article on the New York Times website, Google is taking it upon themselves to find ways to make green energy as affordable as coal.
"Google said it would spend hundreds of millions of dollars, part of
that to hire engineers and energy experts to investigate alternative
energies like solar, geothermal and wind power. The effort is aimed at
reducing Google’s own mounting energy costs to run its vast data
centers, while also fighting climate change and helping to reduce the world’s dependence on fossil fuels."
Google is already taking over the e-Universe and is now willing to
spend millions to put a dent in our fossil fuel consumption as well.
Maybe sometime soon we can trade in our kilowatts for "Googlewatts"! (if we're lucky!)
How do you feel about Google's renewable energy announcement? Is it only for the publicity? Do you think they have the money and resources to save us?
re: Renewable Energy from Google
Even if Google is full of malarky, we need more companies jumping on the new energy bandwagon. I don't know that they (or anyone) has the money and resources to provide a new source, but I think this is a step in the right direction.