RE: California power ... unplugged.
I don't think we are stupid.... We are the ones building Internet Data Centers in a place that has lots of cheap and environmentally friendly Hydro-Electric power. We have lots of space left, second largest country by area. It's easier to move photons than electrons. -I.AM.CANADIAN -----Original Message----- From: Mike Leber To: Christian Kuhtz Cc: nanog@nanog.org Sent: 29/04/2001 6:33 PM Subject: Re: California power ... unplugged. On Sun, 29 Apr 2001, Christian Kuhtz wrote: I find this unlikely since Canada is considering selling power to the western US and they use nuclear. Or they are just stupid?
On Sun, Apr 29, 2001 at 10:01:12PM -0400, Randy Neals wrote:
I don't think we are stupid....
We are the ones building Internet Data Centers in a place that has lots of cheap and environmentally friendly Hydro-Electric power.
Apparently you haven't dealt with the sierra club much... they're the guys who want to breach glen canyon dam (thats lake powell on the arizona/utah border for those who don't know.) Many other dams (admittedly, most of them were useless and should never have been built in the first place) have been breached in the last few years. The argument is that the dam destroyed the eco system that was in place before it was built. Ironically, when the lake filled, a new eco system was created. So by draining the lake, that eco system gets destroyed in favor of the one thats already lost. There is no way to win this war. We need the power but no matter what method you choose, someone is going to protest it. (There are even people against wind and solar farms because they take vast amounts of land and create an eye sore and such.) -Wayne
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