Google Goes Green

foobsr writes "Google today announced its RE<C project to make renewable energy cheaper than coal in the near future. The company, and its charitable arm google.org, plan to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in the initiative. Larry Page stated: 'With talented technologists, great partners and significant investments, we hope to rapidly push forward. Our goal is to produce one gigawatt of renewable energy capacity that is cheaper than coal. We are optimistic this can be done in years, not decades.'"

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Re:Great scott!

[Truekaiser]

They have been going down because of increassed government(not just united states government) subsidys.

You had me right up to here

[Scareduck]

So, yes, we need breeder reactors, desperately. We don't need Las Vegas. We don't need Phoenix. We don't need LA or Bakersfield. And we don't need to hold on to that embarrassing meme about Uranium in sea water.

Yet all those cities you mention would have higher-than-average insolation. What was your point about diversity of energy sources, again? By the way, I just have to say it: everyone living in those places really appreciates your commie-with-a-five-year-plan attitude toward their house. That's just stupid and dictator-like, and who appointed you to be in charge, anyway?

Re:Great scott!

[polar red]

Most nuclear plants haven't failed; they've been running just fine... ... but the risk will NEVER be zero.