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aggressive, but he knows a hell of a lot more about it than i do

i got asked that question while speaking at TechMaine last week, and while i don't have any more data on the subject than Tom, i suspect the answer is: considerably more green. why? because the incentives are so much greater. when deploying machines in the dozens or even hundreds, the economies of scale that green operations present are dramatically less apparent than they would be if you're implementing datacenters of thousands of machines. the incentive to be green, therefore, is much greater for cloud providers because the potential cost savings in power, cooling, etc are that much greater. for example, consider Microsoft's recent datacenter build out, which uses Blackbox-like cargo container units that are highly efficient in their power usage and cooling factor.

"But well-meaning companies and consumers are finding that shopping bags, like biofuels, are another area where it's complicated to go green. 'If you don't reuse them, you're actually worse off by taking one of them,' says Bob Lilienfeld, author of the Use Less Stuff Report, an online newsletter about waste prevention. And because many of the bags are made from heavier material, they're also likely to sit longer in landfills than their thinner, disposable cousins, according to Ned Thomas, who heads the department of material science and engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology."

a bit late with this, but a nice writeup on Greenmonk from SageCircle's Carter Lusher

and an interesting piece on green packaging, and the conundrum of consumer vs supplier motivations

an interesting piece, and even more interesting, the rare example of actually useful comments and debate on a mainstream media article

i should be so lucky. no one would be happier to see the demise of business travel than yours truly.

the Red Sox go green

"The researchers calculated that in Indonesia, where wetlands are being converted to grow palm oil to produce biofuels, it will take 423 years before biofuel CO2 emission savings would repay the carbon debt caused by the land conversion."

"The Red Sox are planning to add photovoltaic panels and make additional green improvements with advice from the Natural Resources Defense Council." - Fenway is a green park? pheeee-nomenal

seriously? we're back to ice cooling

"Water is "so heavy you can't fill an 18-wheeler with [it] - you have to leave empty space. To top it off, US tap water is safer than the bottled stuff and 24 percent of what we buy is "tap water repackaged..." What are we thinking?" i know, i know

planes are far and away my biggest black mark; bottled water's probably number 2

"This article rang particularly true for me as I've recently been pushing the concept of optimizing TPS/watt." - all the more interesting because Dan's a Technical Fellow at eBay

i may try this: i hate junk mail for more than the normal reasons

yet another reason i love this band

the Treehugger folks like the Sun thin client approach; Thin Guy and Mr. Clingan take note

eco-vacationing - interesting notion

good on you, Whole Paycheck - RedMonk's US operations are fully wind powered as well

sounds like an excellent plan - i'm all for it

this is good news indeed; we need desperately to get away from petroleum based plastics

good news on the biodiesel front

good news: biomass derived antifreeze (via Treehugger)

and people wonder why i buy everything i can from Patagonia; check out the comments too

if GE - a company with a terrible environmental record - can (and sees the value of) recast themselves as green and environmentally friendly, i don't see why tech firms don't (via Lark)

wikis continue to make inroads into non-tech arenas (via Treehugger)

the always interesting Seth Godin on how to market environmentalism

more of this, please

talk about unlikely allies

hydrogen, fuel cells, methane, whatever - we need something besides oil

very interesting alternative approach to conservation - attach a financial worth to it

having read crichton's autobiography, it's clear that the man is intelligent. that's why this is scary (via Godin)

alternative energy approaches for the home

love this trend - let's invest in sustainable energy sources, but using sound financial reasoning rather than emotion

ethical investment and management

great news. excellent to see businesses invest in responsible and sustainable energy sources

simple tips for being more environmentally friendly - worth a look

love this idea. if i wasn't so beaten down from our last systems migration, i'd be all over this. but will keep an eye on it.

pulled this link off an old machine of mine. great resource on biodiesel and alternative fuels

green housing in the other Portland, Portland OR

initiative to require CO state utilities to generate a portion of their energy from renewable sources