Googling costs carbon!

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  1. GiddyG

    GiddyG Terabyte Poster Gold Member

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    That's a pity.:(

    At least CF gives you the opportunity to respond, and clear up the facts or at least give an opinion. :D

    I wonder if the media would give that opportunity...
     
  2. tripwire45
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    News Flash:
    Full article at Daniweb.com.
     
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  3. hbroomhall

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    Really? I wish mine did.....

    Harry.
     
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  4. Bluerinse
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    Haha, yeah.. as i said earlier. all a load of codswallop. :bla
     
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  5. michael78

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    It's over exaggerated but it was IMHO a valid point that what we do in general impacts on the environment. I think there is a real need to look at all sources of clean energy. I don't want my son growing up on a planet. A bit off topic but I saw Top Gear over xmas and they were showing an electric car that was pretty naff as it took ages to charge and electricity uses fossil fuels so is a bit misleading that it's clean. Then they showed a car that fuels and charges itself and the only waste it gives off is water. These are the types of things we need to do to help the planet. I think IT in the grand scheme of things is pretty insignificant in terms of polluting the planet.
     
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  6. supernova

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    journalists again ... i think they probably get their information from the BBC website .. :D
     
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  7. tripwire45
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    Why all the focus on Google and just Google. What about Amazon, eBay, and any other really, really well used website that runs in a huge data center? Aren't they *all* contributing to the "carbon footprint"?
     
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  8. BosonMichael
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    Exactly! So shut them ALL down! And why stop there? Why don't we just turn off everything that consumes electricity, fuel, or any other source of power? :rolleyes:

    Total absurdity, what the world has come to these days...
     
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    Oh :blink
     
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  10. Sparky
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    You sending the wee man into space? :biggrin
     
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  11. tripwire45
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    Unfortunately, we don't know how to make any other viable habitats as Biosphere 2 has so painfully demonstrated. This biosphere (Earth) is the only place we've got.
     
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  12. michael78

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    Oops Got distracted at work when typing :oops::oops::oops:
     
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    I've got no excuse, can't even say I was drunk as I was at work. I'll give my son the bad news that I'm firing him into space later today :biggrin:biggrin:biggrin

    Made me laugh for ages when I read it back.
     
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