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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:46 AM Original message |
Apple building 171 acre solar panel farm to power NC data center |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:48 AM Response to Original message |
1. Did they remember to get a shitload of goats to mow underneath the panels? |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:54 AM Response to Reply #1 |
3. A goat will starve to death in a field of grass |
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HopeHoops (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:58 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. Agreed, but they're fucking good at mowing it. |
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mpgalloway (19 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:12 AM Response to Reply #1 |
11. Solar Doesn't Work.. |
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buddysmellgood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:24 AM Response to Reply #11 |
12. It's true. The sun is shining today, but it's cold outside. Solar does not work. |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:22 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. I wonder how much of their ad revenue comes from the extraction industry? |
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Matariki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
21. see NYT |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:52 AM Response to Original message |
2. Meh...I can build an open-source solar collector with cheap parts from PC Towne. |
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ThomWV (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
4. Just imagine, if DC businesses did the same the solar collector would cover VA and MD |
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Atman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. It's not really "one business." |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:08 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. The modern data centers that drive the Internet consume enormous amounts of power. |
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FarCenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:25 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. IIRC, roughly 2% of electrical generation is estimated to be consumed by the Internet |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:52 AM Response to Reply #4 |
14. Apple uses more power than most people realize. |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. parts sourced from China I'm sure, but tax credits from the US will fund it |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:11 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. If your point is that we should manufacture photoelectric modules here, I'm all for that. |
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Demonaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 05:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. completely! |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:00 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Honestly, who cares? |
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The Straight Story (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:11 AM Response to Original message |
9. They buying the panels from solyndra? |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
15. The apple computers actual IN the data centers will still be made in Chinese suicide factories tho? |
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Tesha (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:13 PM Response to Reply #15 |
19. It's much more likely that the datacenter is full of pre-packaged containers full... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:38 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. LOL. "Everybody's buying from the suicide factory!" isn't very good PR. |
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Shagbark Hickory (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 11:57 AM Response to Original message |
16. Uh oh. Job killing solar panels. |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 01:39 PM Response to Reply #16 |
23. No way. Job CREATING. In China. nt |
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Firebrand Gary (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Nov-07-11 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
17. Good god! Really people? |
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