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Congress Passes Energy Efficient Server Initiative
Krishna Dagli writes to mention a News.com article about a just-passed Congressional initiative. On Wednesday the House passed legislation instructing Americans to make energy efficiency a priority when purchasing computer servers. From the article: "Washington politicians voted 417-4 on Wednesday to tell American purchasing managers that it's in their 'best interests' to pay attention to energy conservation. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Mike Rogers, a Michigan Republican, also directs the Environmental Protection Agency to conduct a three-month study 'of the growth trends associated with data centers and the utilization of servers in the federal government and private sector.'" Well, at least if they're doing this they're not passing 'real' laws, right?
If we didn't have stuff like this to do, Congress might have to talk about the fact that the Middle East is about to descend into chaos due to complete mismangement over the past five years, and this time with a hundred thousand US troups right there in the middle of it.
If the American people caught wind of that, there's no telling what they'd do!
If corporations are people, aren't stockholders guilty of slavery?
The federal government is one of the worst polluters in the country. The Congress is partially responsible for this because they're too busy getting their rocks off with lobbyists to do their jobs. We need a new law that says that grand-standing in public by a Congresscritter is automatic grounds for a FBI investigation into all of their personal and campaign finances, gifts received, contacts and trips. Who wants to bet that there isn't almost a 1:1 correlation between the grand-standers and those who are too busy getting graft to do their job?