Posted by Appleseed on October 8, 2008, 5:51 pm
I wonder how the US will like some Canadian company trying to control it's
future in energy shaping?
> Google Proposes $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan
> James Niccolai, IDG News Service
> Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:50 PM PDT
> Tiring of its mission to "organize the world's information," Google
> has set itself a new objective: save the planet.
> The search giant unveiled a US$4.4 trillion plan Wednesday to reduce
> the U.S.'s dependency on fossil fuels and embrace alternative energy.
> The proposal would yield a net saving of $1 trillion by 2030 and slash
> U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 48 percent, according to Google,
> which said it had been busy "crunching the numbers."
> The plan involves weaning the U.S. off of coal for producing its
> electricity and turning to wind, solar and geothermal power instead.
> It would also cut oil use in cars by 40 percent and use electricity
> for personal transportation. Google said its goal in announcing the
> plan, called Clean Energy 2030, was to stimulate debate.
> "With a new Administration and Congress -- and multiple energy-related
> imperatives -- this is an opportune, perhaps unprecedented, moment to
> move from plan to action," the company said.
> It's the latest and perhaps most ambitious attempt by Google to shape
> public policy. The company has already weighed in on issues like
> worker immigration, intellectual property law and net neutrality.
> Energy is further from its expertise, but Google has been hiring
> experts to help with the task, including the lead author of the
> proposal, Jeffery Greenblatt, a former scientist with the
> Environmental Defense Fund.
> CEO Eric Schmidt was to present the proposal in San Francisco on
> Wednesday evening. Google also described the plan in a blog posting
> and in more depth on its Wikipedia-like Knol Web site.
> It deals primarily with two areas -- electricity production and
> personal vehicles. The basics look like this:
> Reduce energy use today: Naturally for Google, it starts with
> computers. Data centers and personal computers both can be operated
> much more efficiently, by unplugging PCs when they are not in use, for
> example. Building codes can be more aggressive, and "smart meters" in
> homes that give real-time pricing should encourage people to use less
> power. Pacific Gas & Electric is already installing such meters in
> northern California.
> Electricity: The U.S. today produces half its electricity from coal,
> 20 percent each from natural gas and nuclear energy, and 1.5 percent
> from oil. The plan would replace coal and oil with primarily wind,
> solar and geothermal energy (using heat from inside the earth). It
> calls for keeping electricity demand at today's level, which would lop
> 30 percent off the projected demand in 2030. Onshore and offshore wind
> would account for a further 29 percent of demand, solar 12 percent and
> geothermal 15 percent. Nuclear, hydro and natural gas would make up
> the rest.
> Google acknowleged that solar energy is expensive today, but said the
> deserts in the southwest could be used for "concentrating solar
> power," which could "bring costs down fast." Geothermal energy is "the
> sleeping giant," according to Google.
> Personal vehicles: The U.S. consumes 21 million barrels of liquid
> fuels per day, with 60 percent going into cars and other "light
> personal vehicles." The plan calls for incentives to increase electric
> and hybrid car sales to 100,000 in 2010 (annual U.S. car sales today
> are about 15 million), 3.7 million in 2020 and 22 million in 2030. It
> proposes boosting gas mileage for conventional vehicles to 45 miles
> per gallon, something experts say is plausible.
> Economics: Google made several assumptions about costs and savings,
> including the costs of alternative energy equipment, such as the
> infrastructure for charging electric cars, and the savings from more
> efficient power sources. It assumed that gasoline will double in price
> to $8 per gallon by 2030, and accepted that fluctuations could add or
> remove billions in its calculations.
> Jobs: It predicted that millions of jobs in construction, operations
> and professional services would be created with the alternative energy
> industries, as well as more jobs in electric vehicle manufacture.
> Google isn't the first to devise such a plan. It acknowleged that
> Former Vice President Al Gore has come up with a more ambitious
> proposal. It remains to be seen now if Google's effort will stir the
> U.S. into action.
>
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151773/google_proposes_44_trillion_clean_energy_plan.html
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Posted by rpautrey2 on October 10, 2008, 5:31 pm
Huh?
> I wonder how the US will like some Canadian company trying to control it's
> future in energy shaping?
> > Google Proposes $4.4 Trillion Clean Energy Plan
> > James Niccolai, IDG News Service
> > Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:50 PM PDT
> > Tiring of its mission to "organize the world's information," Google
> > has set itself a new objective: save the planet.
> > The search giant unveiled a US$4.4 trillion plan Wednesday to reduce
> > the U.S.'s dependency on fossil fuels and embrace alternative energy.
> > The proposal would yield a net saving of $1 trillion by 2030 and slash
> > U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 48 percent, according to Google,
> > which said it had been busy "crunching the numbers."
> > The plan involves weaning the U.S. off of coal for producing its
> > electricity and turning to wind, solar and geothermal power instead.
> > It would also cut oil use in cars by 40 percent and use electricity
> > for personal transportation. Google said its goal in announcing the
> > plan, called Clean Energy 2030, was to stimulate debate.
> > "With a new Administration and Congress -- and multiple energy-related
> > imperatives -- this is an opportune, perhaps unprecedented, moment to
> > move from plan to action," the company said.
> > It's the latest and perhaps most ambitious attempt by Google to shape
> > public policy. The company has already weighed in on issues like
> > worker immigration, intellectual property law and net neutrality.
> > Energy is further from its expertise, but Google has been hiring
> > experts to help with the task, including the lead author of the
> > proposal, Jeffery Greenblatt, a former scientist with the
> > Environmental Defense Fund.
> > CEO Eric Schmidt was to present the proposal in San Francisco on
> > Wednesday evening. Google also described the plan in a blog posting
> > and in more depth on its Wikipedia-like Knol Web site.
> > It deals primarily with two areas -- electricity production and
> > personal vehicles. The basics look like this:
> > Reduce energy use today: Naturally for Google, it starts with
> > computers. Data centers and personal computers both can be operated
> > much more efficiently, by unplugging PCs when they are not in use, for
> > example. Building codes can be more aggressive, and "smart meters" in
> > homes that give real-time pricing should encourage people to use less
> > power. Pacific Gas & Electric is already installing such meters in
> > northern California.
> > Electricity: The U.S. today produces half its electricity from coal,
> > 20 percent each from natural gas and nuclear energy, and 1.5 percent
> > from oil. The plan would replace coal and oil with primarily wind,
> > solar and geothermal energy (using heat from inside the earth). It
> > calls for keeping electricity demand at today's level, which would lop
> > 30 percent off the projected demand in 2030. Onshore and offshore wind
> > would account for a further 29 percent of demand, solar 12 percent and
> > geothermal 15 percent. Nuclear, hydro and natural gas would make up
> > the rest.
> > Google acknowleged that solar energy is expensive today, but said the
> > deserts in the southwest could be used for "concentrating solar
> > power," which could "bring costs down fast." Geothermal energy is "the
> > sleeping giant," according to Google.
> > Personal vehicles: The U.S. consumes 21 million barrels of liquid
> > fuels per day, with 60 percent going into cars and other "light
> > personal vehicles." The plan calls for incentives to increase electric
> > and hybrid car sales to 100,000 in 2010 (annual U.S. car sales today
> > are about 15 million), 3.7 million in 2020 and 22 million in 2030. It
> > proposes boosting gas mileage for conventional vehicles to 45 miles
> > per gallon, something experts say is plausible.
> > Economics: Google made several assumptions about costs and savings,
> > including the costs of alternative energy equipment, such as the
> > infrastructure for charging electric cars, and the savings from more
> > efficient power sources. It assumed that gasoline will double in price
> > to $8 per gallon by 2030, and accepted that fluctuations could add or
> > remove billions in its calculations.
> > Jobs: It predicted that millions of jobs in construction, operations
> > and professional services would be created with the alternative energy
> > industries, as well as more jobs in electric vehicle manufacture.
> > Google isn't the first to devise such a plan. It acknowleged that
> > Former Vice President Al Gore has come up with a more ambitious
> > proposal. It remains to be seen now if Google's effort will stir the
> > U.S. into action.
> >http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/151773/google_proposes_ ...
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> James Niccolai, IDG News Service
> Wednesday, October 01, 2008 8:50 PM PDT
> Tiring of its mission to "organize the world's information," Google
> has set itself a new objective: save the planet.
> The search giant unveiled a US$4.4 trillion plan Wednesday to reduce
> the U.S.'s dependency on fossil fuels and embrace alternative energy.
> The proposal would yield a net saving of $1 trillion by 2030 and slash
> U.S. carbon dioxide emissions by 48 percent, according to Google,
> which said it had been busy "crunching the numbers."
> The plan involves weaning the U.S. off of coal for producing its
> electricity and turning to wind, solar and geothermal power instead.
> It would also cut oil use in cars by 40 percent and use electricity
> for personal transportation. Google said its goal in announcing the
> plan, called Clean Energy 2030, was to stimulate debate.
> "With a new Administration and Congress -- and multiple energy-related
> imperatives -- this is an opportune, perhaps unprecedented, moment to
> move from plan to action," the company said.
> It's the latest and perhaps most ambitious attempt by Google to shape
> public policy. The company has already weighed in on issues like
> worker immigration, intellectual property law and net neutrality.
> Energy is further from its expertise, but Google has been hiring
> experts to help with the task, including the lead author of the
> proposal, Jeffery Greenblatt, a former scientist with the
> Environmental Defense Fund.
> CEO Eric Schmidt was to present the proposal in San Francisco on
> Wednesday evening. Google also described the plan in a blog posting
> and in more depth on its Wikipedia-like Knol Web site.
> It deals primarily with two areas -- electricity production and
> personal vehicles. The basics look like this:
> Reduce energy use today: Naturally for Google, it starts with
> computers. Data centers and personal computers both can be operated
> much more efficiently, by unplugging PCs when they are not in use, for
> example. Building codes can be more aggressive, and "smart meters" in
> homes that give real-time pricing should encourage people to use less
> power. Pacific Gas & Electric is already installing such meters in
> northern California.
> Electricity: The U.S. today produces half its electricity from coal,
> 20 percent each from natural gas and nuclear energy, and 1.5 percent
> from oil. The plan would replace coal and oil with primarily wind,
> solar and geothermal energy (using heat from inside the earth). It
> calls for keeping electricity demand at today's level, which would lop
> 30 percent off the projected demand in 2030. Onshore and offshore wind
> would account for a further 29 percent of demand, solar 12 percent and
> geothermal 15 percent. Nuclear, hydro and natural gas would make up
> the rest.
> Google acknowleged that solar energy is expensive today, but said the
> deserts in the southwest could be used for "concentrating solar
> power," which could "bring costs down fast." Geothermal energy is "the
> sleeping giant," according to Google.
> Personal vehicles: The U.S. consumes 21 million barrels of liquid
> fuels per day, with 60 percent going into cars and other "light
> personal vehicles." The plan calls for incentives to increase electric
> and hybrid car sales to 100,000 in 2010 (annual U.S. car sales today
> are about 15 million), 3.7 million in 2020 and 22 million in 2030. It
> proposes boosting gas mileage for conventional vehicles to 45 miles
> per gallon, something experts say is plausible.
> Economics: Google made several assumptions about costs and savings,
> including the costs of alternative energy equipment, such as the
> infrastructure for charging electric cars, and the savings from more
> efficient power sources. It assumed that gasoline will double in price
> to $8 per gallon by 2030, and accepted that fluctuations could add or
> remove billions in its calculations.
> Jobs: It predicted that millions of jobs in construction, operations
> and professional services would be created with the alternative energy
> industries, as well as more jobs in electric vehicle manufacture.
> Google isn't the first to devise such a plan. It acknowleged that
> Former Vice President Al Gore has come up with a more ambitious
> proposal. It remains to be seen now if Google's effort will stir the
> U.S. into action.
>