Google Explains Why It Became an Energy Trader

angry tapir writes "Google has explained how it might use its status as an energy-trading company to increase the use of renewable energy sources in its data centers. In February, the company's Google Energy subsidiary received approval from the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to buy and sell power on the wholesale market."

Comments

Re:Explaination

[eln]

Plus, Google has always been about doing what other companies have done before, only bigger and better. Enron used shady energy trading practices to cause rolling blackouts in California. Google will improve on this process to cause rolling blackouts nationwide.

Re:What is Greenpeace smoking?

[Chris Burke]

Ooh, Greenpeace Mad-Libs! I love it!

"In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly ONE NUCLEAR DISASTER!"

Hmm, not Armaggeddonist-y enough. Ah, here we go.

"In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst nuclear accident, there have been nearly FIFTY RECORDED TYPE 1-A SUPERNOVAE, WHICH IS A FUSION REACTOR EXPLODING WITH THE POWER OF A STAR EXPLODING!"

Still think nuclear power is safe? Huh?!