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Carbon neutral website?
« on: May 05, 2008, 11:55:03 »
i notice at the bottom of the page now there is a carbon neutral website thingy :-. hows that work then? are the servers powered by hamsters or something?
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Re: Carbon neutral website?
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2008, 11:59:27 »
No.. the servers are powered by electricity..  which is supplied by a "green" energy company, and we are also part of a carbon-offsetting scheme.

The debate as to whether this will make a difference to the impact of human activity on the planet is still very much open...   but it makes us feel warm and fuzzy inside in the meantime ;)
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Re: Carbon neutral website?
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2008, 12:04:04 »
aah ok i still prefer the image of 100 hamsters legging it round in wheels though :D to produce the power :lol:
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Re: Carbon neutral website?
« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2008, 12:06:51 »
True...  but just imagine the methane emissions... and the Co2 from the production of the food you'd have to give them...   




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Re: Carbon neutral website?
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2008, 18:34:23 »
Maybe we could have a greenlaning weekend with a bit of tree planting to off set the motors a bit :D

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Re: Carbon neutral website?
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2008, 18:43:04 »
Maybe we could have a greenlaning weekend with a bit of tree planting to of set the motors a bit :D

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Re: Carbon neutral website?
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2008, 19:53:33 »
Maybe we could have a greenlaning weekend with a bit of tree planting to off set the motors a bit :D

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I can just see it on a map... :lol:

Can we try to plant them in an oval shape?  :lol:

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Re: Carbon neutral website?
« Reply #7 on: May 07, 2008, 23:11:32 »
so its not a potato powered web server then?
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Re: Carbon neutral website?
« Reply #8 on: May 08, 2008, 20:40:09 »
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so its not a potato powered web server then?
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we managed to power a light from a lemon in science years ago  :lol:

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Re: Carbon neutral website?
« Reply #9 on: May 08, 2008, 20:57:35 »
Hmmm, Power companies are required by law to provide a percentage of their energy from renewable sources anyway - so be careful about taking up so called green tarrifs - they could be a rip off.
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