Google Applies To Become Energy Marketer

necro81 writes "Google consumes massive amounts of electrical energy to power its data centers across the country and world. Now it has created a subsidiary, Google Energy LLC, and applied (pdf) to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to become a utility-scale energy trader. Google's stated aim is to be able to purchase renewable energy directly from producers at bulk rates, pursuing its goal of becoming carbon neutral. It is likely that Google Energy would also permit Google's own renewable energy projects to sell their energy at more favorable rates. Google reportedly does not have plans to actively become an energy broker, a la Enron."

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I've been suspicious for a while

[GodfatherofSoul]

One day, it hit me how much access that Google has to my life and my data. I still use gmail, but I uninstalled all of the Google desktop applications from my home and work machines. I now actively avoid Google applications that in any way can be associated with my person.

Re:I also heard on NPR this morning...

[Anonymous Coward]

Pretty sure the reason that AdWords makes money is actually because it's the eyeball

Citation needed.

See how annoying it is to be quoted out of context?

Re: Subsidies

[Anonymous Coward]

All south american and caribean invasions have been, in fact, to protect the secure and friendly channels for drug delivery into USA. And as everybody know, dope it's like a fuel for Americans so, yes, most of your wars have been to secure energy sources.

Why is than Afghanistan is now producing imperial fucktons of heroin, just after the invasion? Poor deluded man.

War On Drugs == War on brown people that dares to act funny with our dope. And I, as a consumer, applaud the insight of the American government to secure our source of dope, if it were a brown people managed business Al Quaeda surely would lace our dope with some shit. Heads On People!