Here's Facebook's Massive Arctic Server Farm

Here's Facebook's Massive Arctic Server Farm:

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What a great idea, and when I say great, I mean smart.  Servers generate a lot of heat, but need to stay cold in order to keep operating correctly. If you're going to build a server farm, why not build it somewhere really cold and not use a lot of power just to keep the temperature down?  It's good for business, and it's good for the environment.  Let's hope people continue to make smart decisions like this.

Backlog

Here are a lot of links I've been meaning to post, but haven't gotten to and are related:

Americans Don't Care About Climate Change—And That's OK

Global warming 'confirmed' by independent study

Green Roofs Aren't Perfect—Yet

Reinventing Fire: Visions for Building a Clean Transportation Grid

Obviously, climate change and clean energy are a special interest of mine.  Enjoy!

Wave Energy At Low Cost Is UK Target | EarthTechling

Wave Energy At Low Cost Is UK Target | EarthTechling:

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This sounds great.  Harnessing energy from waves seems like it could have some real potential for high amounts of clean energy output.  Hopefully, there will be minimal impact on marine life.  I hope we can continue to come up with more ideas to create clean energy.

A Solar Charger That Rewards You for Staying Off the Grid

A Solar Charger That Rewards You for Staying Off the Grid:

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Here's a pretty cool device. I'm all for anything that gets us closer to a clean energy world, and seeing that I charge my smartphone on average from 1-4 times a day, this might save me some money at the same time.  I like the idea that they track how much energy your are generating and that they add incentives to use this device.  We'll see how great those incentives are when they come out, but it's just an added bonus.  In my opinion, solar is great, the energy is just there waiting to be tapped.  We might as well use it and give the planet a little bit of a break.