'Carbon cost' of Google revealed

[soda72]

Stop googling you're killing the planet...

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7823387.stm

[oakranger]

some ppl have way to much time to come up with horse crap like that.  Everything and anything can create Co2.

I laugh when EPA wanted to tax ranchers for the number of cattle they have. Reason is the methane they released in to the air.  Last time i checked, there where over 80 million bison in North America.  We dont have nearly 5 million cattle in North America. 

[cpxxx]

I hope hitech is carbon offsetting? Particularly on busy nights when the main arena is full and servers are working overtime. I think we should be told. Remember even virtual flying can overheat the planet

[Anaxogoras]

Last time i checked, there where over 80 million bison in North America.

Wow, talk about a random and unreliable fact pulled out of your tomato.  Your claim that bison outnumber domestic cattle in North America reaches the pinnacle of cynicism.  If what you state is true I'll eat my hat.

[CAVPFCDD]

Stop googling you're killing the planet...

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7823387.stm

i wonder how much carbon your post made... or my post... ahhh! I'm destroying mother earth with every letter i type!!

[Anaxogoras]

Methane is a far more severe greenhouse gas than carbon, which is why it's logical to tax it if you're going to tax greenhouse gases.  And that's not even the tip of the iceberg when it comes to pollution from industrial cattle farming, not to mention obesity in Americans from over-consumption of beef.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s most recent Census of Agriculture, conducted in 2002, pegs the U.S. bison on private lands at 232,000 animals. With animals on public lands factored in, the actual size of the U.S. herd is now estimated at about 250,000 bison.

From http://www.bisoncentral.com/index.php?s=&c=63&d=64&a=1017&w=2&r=Y

It seems like the Canadian population raises that to 350,000.  What are the odds of the bison population increasing to 80,000,000 from 350,000 in 7 years?

[Denholm]

What is that ungodly smell?!

[Curlew]

I am a enviornemtal science student and 7g of carbon by a computer is bull, i beleive 0.2g, you can always use www.blackle.com if you are concerned,same thing as google but energy efficeint

[oakranger]

Wow, talk about a random and unreliable fact pulled out of your tomato.  Your claim that bison outnumber domestic cattle in North America reaches the pinnacle of cynicism.  If what you state is true I'll eat my hat.

sorry, i should have been more specifice on the bison number.  That was the number before Europeans discover America.  I am not sure what the number is today.  i do know the largest bison owner is Ted Turner.  i believe he has something like 25,000 heads. 

[Anaxogoras]

I see.  Your point was that there were more bison in North America than there are cows, now.  Do we know how much methane gas a Bison farts vs. a domesticated cow?  My hunch is that because of the poor nutrition our cows receive before slaughter it makes the problem worse, but I haven't seen any data on that.

[oakranger]

I see.  Your point was that there were more bison in North America than there are cows, now.  Do we know how much methane gas a Bison farts vs. a domesticated cow?  My hunch is that because of the poor nutrition our cows receive before slaughter it makes the problem worse, but I haven't seen any data on that.

I really don't know. 

Yea, the problem with your everyday cattle they are given chemicals, hormones and the daily low grade antibiotic like.  A feed process just to get them a little fatter before they are slaughter.  Have you ever had grass fed meat?  OMFG, it is the best. 

[Reschke]

Oh shut up....There are 200 quadrillion flies (completely unjustified number on my part) on the earth and they pollute many times more than the alleged cattle/bison on the face of the earth.

[oakranger]

Oh shut up....There are 200 quadrillion flies (completely unjustified number on my part) on the earth and they pollute many times more than the alleged cattle/bison on the face of the earth.

 

[Anaxogoras]

I really don't know. 

Yea, the problem with your everyday cattle they are given chemicals, hormones and the daily low grade antibiotic like.  A feed process just to get them a little fatter before they are slaughter.  Have you ever had grass fed meat?  OMFG, it is the best. 

Absolutely!   Whenever possible I buy grass fed beef.  Here in Indiana we have bison farms and so grass-fed bison isn't too hard to find.  It's amazing what a difference it makes.

[Spikes]

I am a enviornemtal science student and 7g of carbon by a computer is bull, i beleive 0.2g, you can always use www.blackle.com if you are concerned,same thing as google but energy efficeint

My girlfriend showed my that last night, was pretty neat when I saw it.