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.
Because we think that green is the future does that make us extremist? Does having a belief that finding another form of energy mean we sit in trees when logging companies want to cut them down?
We believe no.
Has anyone ever considered fossil fuels a drug? Perhaps not a self-destructing drug, but something that we are addicted to. Think about it. We are all told that it is harmful to us, yet we still fill up everyday. The price is driven higher and higher, and yet we don’t formulate a plan (united) to find a solution. Yes, there are scientists that are working on better and better forms of alternative energy, but is that the only solution? Why don’t we slow down when we drive? It is proven here gas-mileage and here gas-mileage2 yet on a daily basis I see drivers fly by me. We believe that people are starting to get the picture as smaller vehicles are becoming ever more popular, but what about those who don’t want to give up the car they work hard for everyday to pay for. Anyone take simple economics? If not, let me clue you in on the smallest of tips in layman’s terms. Consumers set the price at what they are willing to spend. We, as world citizens set the price of gas on a daily basis because we continue to purchase and don’t change our habits. Has anyone noticed the price drop in gasoline at the pump? That is partly due to the fact that consumption has gone down. We see this, and yet we don’t realize that this causes the demand and supply to shift. Do yourself, your neighbor and your worst enemy a favor….watch what you consume and you will notice a continual drop at the pump.
This is one of many more articles to come about the change we as people need to embrace in order to build a better tomorrow.
