Thanks to CNStars17, we took more notice to the IBM commercials and ideas. It seems that everyone is jumping on the Green Train. Exxon, IBM, and the government are just a few of the major organizations that are starting to realize that if we don’t find some new procedures we are going to see our environment and our earth get worse. Here are some of IBM’s new ideas and how their short descriptions:
(1) A Greener Data Center: Reducing energy costs at the heart of their infrastructure.
(2) IBM Software for a Greener World: Transforming their processes, their infrastructure and the way people work.
(3) Energy Efficiency Benchmark Tool: Assess their data center’s performance and benchmark against other companies worldwide.
(4) Solutions for small and medium business: Options for every size of enterprise.
This is just a short description of energy-efficient Internet Technology IBM is incorporating to be more energy conscience. If you would like to look more into it, go HERE. There are more solutions IBM is incorporating, which will be covered later in other posts.
As for CNStars’ question: “What do we think about it”, the answer is plain and simple. We think that it is a little later than it should have happened, but at this time, any company willing to change in order to better our world is great. Companies with the credit and leverage such as IBM is especially exciting, because the average person has a harder time making a world-wide difference. Companies like IBM have the opportunity to pave the way for greener solutions to be more wide-spread.
Here’s a term you should know: Enhanced Geothermal Systems (EGS). These power systems create electricity by using the heat deep below the Earth’s surface. The government and Google.org (a great outfit) showed their support for this young technology by throwing a combined $100 million at it, and while that initial investment is only the beginning of what is needed, it shows that the technology is getting some much needed attention.
Perhaps a better explanation:
EGS is a baseload resource, meaning that unlike wind or solar power, it will operate all day/all year whether the sun is shining or the wind is blowing. Another advantage is that this type of power is essentially engineered into a closed system where the water used to run the turbines is recycled. Sounds game changing, huh.
Well as great as Enhanced Geothermal is, it is still a long way from large-scale, commercial deployment. It is reassuring to know, however, that we have money and brainpower flowing into these projects. And the combination of these renewable resources is the only way we can count on a bright future. A future where EGS counts on one of our oldest constants, Mother Earth.
Today is all about how you can help with ideas and putting it into action. Let’s talk about Solar Power, and if done right, how you could actually make some money off of Solar Power. Let us first tell you, that you have to live in an area to actually make a decent profit off the Solar Power, but, it can be done. First, I want you to see a video calledSolar Power 101. Here you can see the very basics for those that don’t know much about it.
Let’s get right down to the nuts and bolts of things though. We would do some actual calculations but it will take some average electric bills plus, how much your state will give for putting power back into the grid, or net metering by solar power. We will have net metering via other alternative energies later today.
If you are interested in making some money, you can look at this site to get you interested in it, and possibly get you motivated. That is a buisnessweek article about pioneers getting their foot in the door and how much they made by selling power back. Remember, it all depends on where you live, because some states do no give a lot of money for net metering. Here is a website that you can click on each state and it will show you what the actual incentives per state is. Some of the more liberal conservationist states(i.e. California, Washington, etc) will give a much larger incentive then others.
