Comments on: The Cost of a Wired World http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/ personal finance tips, tricks, and commentary Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:21:27 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Creditnine.com http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/comment-page-1/#comment-76452 Creditnine.com Sun, 29 Apr 2007 00:06:37 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/#comment-76452 Yeah its good that they are stepping up and doing this, there is a lot more thought being give to what we are doing to the world we live in.. Now with cars as well being split models. Yeah its good that they are stepping up and doing this, there is a lot more thought being give to what we are doing to the world we live in.. Now with cars as well being split models.

]]> By: Finance Guide 101 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/comment-page-1/#comment-76022 Finance Guide 101 Fri, 27 Apr 2007 09:18:57 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/#comment-76022 “shutting off the electricity in all San Francisco homes for a month. Or, pulling nearly 25,000 cars off the road for a year.” Hummm thats a lot of energy......but its good to know that yahoo started to work to go green. Daniel. “shutting off the electricity in all San Francisco homes for a month. Or, pulling nearly 25,000 cars off the road for a year.”

Hummm thats a lot of energy……but its good to know that yahoo started to work to go green.

Daniel.

]]> By: Crediteria.com http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/comment-page-1/#comment-75755 Crediteria.com Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:59:10 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/#comment-75755 It's great to see big companies such as Yahoo are taking initiatives to go green. Yes, it's done primarily for public relations but hopefully there is a huge trickle down to smaller companies and consumers. It’s great to see big companies such as Yahoo are taking initiatives to go green.

Yes, it’s done primarily for public relations but hopefully there is a huge trickle down to smaller companies and consumers.

]]> By: broknowrchlatr http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/comment-page-1/#comment-75754 broknowrchlatr Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:55:53 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/#comment-75754 There are other factors that i think will stem the growth in power usage of servers and possibly even drop it down. My company has almost 1000 servers workwide. Many of these are for small purposes. In the next 2 years, they are consolidating all servers into some supercomputers with 128gb RAM and enormous storage towers. Although these take a lot of power themselves, some of them will replace more than 50 stnadard servers. The reduction in cabling, electricity, and server room space will be significant. I think a lot of companies wills tart doing this. There are almost no downsides. There are other factors that i think will stem the growth in power usage of servers and possibly even drop it down.

My company has almost 1000 servers workwide. Many of these are for small purposes. In the next 2 years, they are consolidating all servers into some supercomputers with 128gb RAM and enormous storage towers. Although these take a lot of power themselves, some of them will replace more than 50 stnadard servers. The reduction in cabling, electricity, and server room space will be significant. I think a lot of companies wills tart doing this. There are almost no downsides.

]]> By: Patrick http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/comment-page-1/#comment-75727 Patrick Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:31:40 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/#comment-75727 Those figures are astounding! There are a lot of ways for companies to go green with energy production, so I wouldn't be surprised to see some of these companies putting windmills or solar panels on their roofs. They get a great tax break, and free energy for doing it. It is also better for their public image. It's a no lose situation for them. Those figures are astounding!

There are a lot of ways for companies to go green with energy production, so I wouldn’t be surprised to see some of these companies putting windmills or solar panels on their roofs. They get a great tax break, and free energy for doing it. It is also better for their public image. It’s a no lose situation for them.

]]> By: seth http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/comment-page-1/#comment-75724 seth Wed, 25 Apr 2007 16:30:40 +0000 http://www.fivecentnickel.com/2007/04/25/the-cost-of-a-wired-world/#comment-75724 As a computer science graduate I couldn't help but be amazed at how much wasted energy computers generate, noise, and most significantly heat. Imagine that waste multiplied by every home and office in America where a computer exists. If you could cut the energy use of every laptop, PC and server in the US alone by 10% I think you could make a fortune. As a computer science graduate I couldn’t help but be amazed at how much wasted energy computers generate, noise, and most significantly heat. Imagine that waste multiplied by every home and office in America where a computer exists. If you could cut the energy use of every laptop, PC and server in the US alone by 10% I think you could make a fortune.

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