Unlike Al Gore, Google Actually Has An Answer.
Sept 10 (The Inquirer) - Want to solve the looming global warming crisis? Just ask Google chief Eric Schmidt what to do, because apparently, reducing dependence on oil and moving to greener energy is just a "math problem" to him.
Talking at the sinister sounding Corporate EcoForum, Schmidt lectured energy retarded execs from companies ranging from Motorola to Coca-Cola about sustainability.
According to the big green boss of Google's calculations, if America switched to renewable energy and ensured at least half of all cars on the roads were electrical hybrids, global warming disaster could be avoided and the world would live in eternal green peace.
The skeptically raised eyebrows and nervous 'why exactly did we come to this conference again?' coughing, probably prompted Schmidt to change his line of argument, putting his mathematical mind to more money orientated calculations.
Purportedly, if it followed Google's master plan, the US could end up saving about 97 per cent of some $2.17 trillion in energy spending over the next 22 years. Almost enough to fund three more wars for oil it would no longer need.
Of course, the fact that the US power grid is an energy sieve doesn't help. According to Schmidt, who reckoned that the current grid infrastructure allowed for a nine per cent efficiency loss, this would be possible to solve if the right technology systems were used.
This, and all the rest of the US's energy woes were, according to the Google chief, caused by a "total failure of political leadership" and leaders too blinkered about the multitude of ways technology could help change the system.
Google claims it's already putting its money where its mouth is, having already invested $10 million in geothermal energy and another $10 million in wind technologies. The company is also dabbling in solar power, but is apparently staying clear of nuclear for the time being due to security issues.
The Internet search giant also announced this week that it had submitted patents on a floating barge of network computers that would be powered by wave energy.
As one of the biggest board members of the Climate Savers Computing Initiative, Google is also purportedly committed to reducing computing power guzzling by at least 50 per cent by 2010. Search us about how they intend to pull that off though.
