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Google Disputes Reported Carbon Footprint of Typical Google Search
U.S. physicist Alex Wissner-Gross claims that a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7 grams of CO2. However, Google disputes the figures and says a typical search produced only 0.2 grams of CO2, BBC reports.
The Harvard academic argues that theses carbon emissions come from electricity used by the computer terminal and by large data centers that Google operates around the world.
Dr. Wissner-Gross says the search giant can return fast results because it uses several data banks at the same time.
In response, Google wrote on its official blog that Dr. Wissner-Gross' figures were "many times too high." Google says a typical search that returned a result in less than 0.2 seconds only used its servers for a few thousandths of a second, which amounted to 0.0003 kilowatt hour of energy per search and about 0.2 grams of CO2.
(UPDATE: Alex Wissner-Gross says he never mentioned Google in the study and that the original Sunday Times Of London article was incorrect. "For some reason, in their story on the study, the Times had an ax to grind with Google," Wissner-Gross told TechNewsWorld. "Our work has nothing to do with Google. Our focus was exclusively on the Web overall, and we found that it takes on average about 20 milligrams of CO2 per second to visit a Web site.")
Last year, the search giant unveiled a $4.4 trillion plan to help America kick its fossil fuel habits by 2030. Google says the plan could return a net savings of $1 trillion over the 22-year life of the plan.
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Just want to compare this with other tech firms are emitting. The cost of serving a page is still a fraction of the cost of building, shipping, retailing the hardware you're using. Intel for example (85k employees – 3.6 MTCO2) – spits out twice as much per employee as Cisco or Yahoo.
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Jared Jacang Maher's 2009 Westword feature "For Two Decades, Pit Bulls Have Been Public Enemy #1 in Denver -- But Maybe It's Time for a Recount" examined Denver's controversial pit bull ban -- a subject further illuminated by photos of the city's pit bull row and leaked images of piled-up pit bulls killed due to the ordinance. Now comes a Channel 31 report that's capable of angering people on both sides of the debate.
The latest story revolves around a two-year-old pit bull mix named Benny. His owner, Arvada's Paul Willis, admits that Benny was aggressive, attacking a neighbor's dog when he tried to introduce the two animals. Then, earlier this week, Benny got loose and went after the neighbor's dog again. The neighbor managed to briefly separate the two, but when Benny immediately resumed the assault, he hit him in the head with the claw end of a hammer. Says Willis, "Benny was still alive and panting on the sidewalk. And then the neighbor said, 'Do you want to finish him off or should I?'"
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PETALING JAYA: Heads must roll if water disruptions in Selangor continue and the state is forced to implement another round of water rationing.
"There can be no more excuses.
"It was just 10 days ago (June 17) that the state government provided the guarantee that there will be no need for water rationing when the dry season hits in the next few weeks, exacerbated by the El Nino phenomenon," Petaling Jaya Utara MP Tony Pua said in a statement Friday.
"The fact that serious water disruptions are occurring over the past week, so soon after the 'guarantee' provided by the state government, only exposes a lack of seriousness in tackling the issue and sheer incompetence on the part of the relevant authorities," the Selangor DAP chairman added.
"Such a degree of incompetence cannot be tolerated because it has embarrassed the Mentri Besar and the state government, as well as severely damaged Pakatan Rakyat's credibility."
Pua said on June 11, Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim had provided assurance that the state will not repeat its water rationing exercise despite a possible dry spell in the next few months due to the El Nino phenomenon.
"There is currently no plan for another water rationing exercise. The state government will work to ensure that this does not happen," Khalid had said.
Among the measures implemented to address low water supplies were 20 pumps placed in nine disused tin mining ponds to supply 800 million litres of raw water daily to Sungai Tinggi and Sungai Selangor.
According to Khalid, the Selangor water management board (Luas) had conducted drill tests to make sure all the pumps were functioning properly, Pua said in his statement.
Another to issue such a guarantee was state executive councillor in charge of Youth and Sports, Infrastructure and Public Utilities, Dr Ahmad Yunus Hairib, who said the state had enough water to last for at least five months, based on water levels at retention ponds and dams.
Yet, Pua pointed out, Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor (Syabas) issued a warning early this week to residents in Gombak, Petaling and Klang of possible water disruptions due to alleged low-levels of raw water in Sungai Selangor on Thursday, affecting up to 157,000 users.
Pua termed it a shocking and unacceptable development, and said Selangorians were right to be upset over the deteriorating situation after suffering a two-month water rationing exercise since the end of February.
"At that time, it was arguably excusable because the relevant authorities were taken by surprise by the harshness of the unexpected dry weather," he said.
Pua called for the punishment of incompetent parties as there was "no longer any valid reason" for the lack of preparedness to address low water supplies, seeing that the state water authority, Syabas and the state government were fully aware of the upcoming seasonal dry weather.
He also echoed a suggestion by Serdang MP Dr Ong Kian Ming for the immediate establishment of a high-level water task force - comprising Khalid, key elected representatives and state officials - to find and review solutions to the state's water woes.
In addition, Dr Ong had also urged the state government to establish contingency plans, such as dedicated water disbursement teams in disruption-prone areas to provide sufficient resources.
"It cannot be more strongly emphasised that these measures must be urgently considered and executed to relieve the burdens of the suffering rakyat while we await the improvements on water management expected after the state successfully takes over the operations of the Syabas and the water industry," Pua added.
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At least three people have been killed in the Yemeni city of Taiz, activists and medical workers said, as thousands gathered for an anti-government rally in the city.
Residents blamed the deaths on government troops, saying tanks had shelled Taiz from the surrounding mountainson Friday for a fourth straight day.
Twelve people were killed in the city during violent clashes between forces loyal to outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh, and dissident tribesmen on Thursday, officials said.
Mohammed Basindwa, a former foreign minister designated by opposition parties to lead a government to be split between them and the outgoing President Ali Abdullah Saleh's party, said his side would rethink its commitment to that deal if the killing in Taiz did not cease.
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Elsewhere in the country, thousands filled city centres on Friday in the capital Sanaa and the city of Lib, demanding Saleh be prosecuted for the killings during Yemen's nine-months long uprising.
Saleh, 69, has ruled Yemen for 33 years and signed a deal mediated by Gulf Co-operation Council states in which he agreed to step down in return for immunity from prosecution for himself and his family.
The opposition said on Thursday that it had agreed the lineup of an interim government, to be announced in the coming days.
The interim government is supposed to lead Yemen towards a presidential election that Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi, thevice-president to whom Saleh has transferred his powers, has set for February 21.
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- Views: 903 all time views
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- Last sold: Jun 2010 for $782,500
- Parking: Garage - Attached, 460 sqft
- Room count: 9
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