Iron, Power, and Cloud Computing: Let's Get Real

Home | SYS-CON MEDIA (Sep 29 2010) Carbon Footprint , Fossil Fuel , Solar , Wind , Cloud Computing

1. I'm the least sure of opinions that people are most sure of. And I'm supposed to be writing about Cloud Computing, not geopolitical debate. Whether we like it or not, these two things are intertwined, because the fundamental underlying all things Cloud is energy: its use, its price, and the competition for it. Most people have very strong opinions about energy--how we produce it and use it--and in my opinion, those opinions often cloud the debate. If you hate coal or nuclear power, you really hate them. If you are contemptuous of wind and solar, you are really contemptuous of them. But let's pretend we are the hypothetical Martians of old, and gaze down on Planet Earth to examine its needs dispassionately. (Read Full Article)

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