Price of Power in a Data Center

mstansberry writes "Much like the rest of the country, IT is facing an energy crisis. The utilities are bracing companies for price spikes this winter and according to experts and IT pros, those prices aren't going to come down any time soon. This is thefirst article in a four-part series investigating the impact of energy issues on IT."

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[turtled]

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Re:Unctuous

[Doc Ruby]

I didn't say we should fix oil prices. I said we shouldn't tolerate price gouging. We establish a government to protect people and markets. Right now the market is gamed by a production cartel, a wholesaling cartel, and a corrupt government driving up the prices.

These prices are high because of risk, not insufficient supply. Production is still increasing, and hasn't even begun to reach peaks. If we keep trying to depose the democratically elected president of Venezeula, we'll see more than our 4th largest supplier neighbor shipping around the world to China, our enemy. If we keep prosecuting and provoking unnecessary wars in the Mideast, those risks will all combine. Factor in the $250BILLION+ that the Iraq War costs, and the amount of waste the US Federal energy policy generates is vaster than what we're actually using. The government is already controlling these prices ever higher. We need to stop them, and force them to use our power in our national interest, instead of sacrificing us in the name of our national interest.