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Google Explains Why It Became an Energy Trader

Posted by kdawson on from the not-pulling-an-enron dept.

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."

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  1. Do no evil, Google! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    This is a shocking revelation! You're breaking my heart, Google! I didn't know you had such a capacity for evil! Stop brokering for power! Resist the temptation!

  2. Re:Good for them, now fix my privacy on Buzz. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I keep misreading your name as "mastertwit"... wait.. maybe I'm not misreading it.