Comments on: Is that 7g or 0.2g CO2 per Google search? http://nodestone.com/2009/02/09/is-that-7g-or-02g-co2-per-search/ social web action Wed, 23 Feb 2011 02:17:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Valerie in San Diego http://nodestone.com/2009/02/09/is-that-7g-or-02g-co2-per-search/comment-page-1/#comment-685 Valerie in San Diego Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:48:16 +0000 http://nodestone.com/?p=765#comment-685 Though telling people that Googling will hurt the planet is disingenuous, I understand that IT in the U.S. is responsible for 9.4% of our power use. And that does suggest that it's important to put some focus into greening IT...along with everything else. But we need to do it with real science — not bogus headlines — behind our decisionmaking. Though telling people that Googling will hurt the planet is disingenuous, I understand that IT in the U.S. is responsible for 9.4% of our power use. And that does suggest that it’s important to put some focus into greening IT…along with everything else. But we need to do it with real science — not bogus headlines — behind our decisionmaking.

]]> By: Graeme Sutherland http://nodestone.com/2009/02/09/is-that-7g-or-02g-co2-per-search/comment-page-1/#comment-678 Graeme Sutherland Tue, 10 Feb 2009 09:31:18 +0000 http://nodestone.com/?p=765#comment-678 Oh, yes it does matter. I guess we need lots of education about energy and how we use it. This is a bit like high school physics .. an ubnderstanding of matter and energy. Then people can maybe see or work out the enegy involved in daily life. Oil was very convenient and easy. For a long time (well a few decades) we really didn't have to think about where we got it from, and where the waste producs went to. And now we do have to. So, the quest is really on to get this understanding into people's daily lives, so they can choose the low-energy options and change their behaviour knowing why. Oh, yes it does matter.

I guess we need lots of education about energy and how we use it. This is a bit like high school physics .. an ubnderstanding of matter and energy. Then people can maybe see or work out the enegy involved in daily life.

Oil was very convenient and easy. For a long time (well a few decades) we really didn’t have to think about where we got it from, and where the waste producs went to. And now we do have to. So, the quest is really on to get this understanding into people’s daily lives, so they can choose the low-energy options and change their behaviour knowing why.

]]> By: Libby Davy http://nodestone.com/2009/02/09/is-that-7g-or-02g-co2-per-search/comment-page-1/#comment-677 Libby Davy Tue, 10 Feb 2009 07:56:50 +0000 http://nodestone.com/?p=765#comment-677 "LIes, damn lies and statistics". How can we hope to move towards greater transperancy, trust and standardisation in carbon measurement? If it's going to become a very high priority for everyone (and thanks to Obama giving China no excuses it looks like that will finally happen) - we are all going to need to look at this stuff simply. Surely journalists and professionals in the area are going to need to be held accountable for accuracy. This stuff, like, matters RIGHT!? “LIes, damn lies and statistics”. How can we hope to move towards greater transperancy, trust and standardisation in carbon measurement? If it’s going to become a very high priority for everyone (and thanks to Obama giving China no excuses it looks like that will finally happen) – we are all going to need to look at this stuff simply. Surely journalists and professionals in the area are going to need to be held accountable for accuracy. This stuff, like, matters RIGHT!?

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