Google Explains Why It Became an Energy Trader

angry tapir writes "Google has explained how it might use its status as an energy-trading company to increase the use of renewable energy sources in its data centers. In February, the company's Google Energy subsidiary received approval from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell power on the wholesale market."

Re:More crazy US laws.

[Pharmboy]

Like gravity, thermodynamics is more than a good idea, it's the law.

Re:More crazy US laws.

[SQLGuru]

I simply read it as: they burn more natural gas for lime-ash, using the heat from the lime-ash process to turn turbines. This generates more electricity than is required by their day to day operations. Thus, more electricity than they use. The excess electricity is then sold. Nothing there violates your sacred law. I think you just skipped over the part about burning natural gas.

Re:More crazy US laws.

[aronschatz]

So, what you're saying is that taxes are the problem...

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[StripedCow]

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Re:Explaination

[aztracker1]

I don't have a problem with environmentalists, or conservationism for that matter. What really irks me is the sheer militant anti-corporatism, backed by spoiled brats using their cell phones (with radio technology implemented by big corporations), while driving their hybrids (built by companies that also product large gas guzzling commercial and luxury vehicles). Eating their "organic" produce that realizes low yields (can't feed the world), and utilizes "natural" pesticides that are more harmful to the environment, grown by the same big corporate commercial growers and harvested from countries that can't even maintain their own laws regarding food standards. But hey, to each their own.

Re:What is Greenpeace smoking?

[badkarmadayaccount]

The foreman should have turned on the conveyor, IMHO.