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05-12-2009, 11:34 AM #1Web Hosting Guru
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Green web hosting
Hello,
if you want to buy a web hosting plan, does it need to be "Green Powered"?
or you just dont care
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05-12-2009, 11:36 AM #2Disabled
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In my opinion, "Green hosting" is just a marketing scheme. I personally don't really care too much about it nor would I mind it. However, if I had to pay a substantially larger amount for "green" hosting then I wouldn't. If it's offered for free or included within the package then sure, why not.
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05-12-2009, 11:37 AM #3
I probably should care if it's Green Powered, but it's not high on my list of priorities.
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05-12-2009, 11:38 AM #4Elite Webmaster
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I don't think it HAS to be green for me. But, it definately helps in making a decision . For example, HostGator claims all their servers are 100% wind powered. That's pretty cool imho.
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05-12-2009, 11:59 AM #5Web Hosting Master
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A lot of "green" companies aren't actually green. A lot of them "buy" part of a forest or roads to keep them clean and healthy so they can get a little badge that says they're green, but they're still using 10348930482048230 volts of electricity a minute.
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05-12-2009, 12:06 PM #6Elite Webmaster
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Yea, planting trees and using wind power to run servers is a big difference . Both do help but trees will take years before they actually help with their oxygen creation. I dream of a day when all energy used comes from natural sources (sun, waves, wind, ect..) and I do mean EVERYTHING , from a lightbulb in your house to entire cities and everything in them.
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05-12-2009, 12:09 PM #7Retired Moderator
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or you just dont careLast edited by ldcdc; 05-12-2009 at 12:14 PM.
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05-12-2009, 12:40 PM #8Junior Guru Wannabe
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I think the technology for servers, DC's, etc needs to catch up with the "green" trend.
It is a good idea, but as of yet, not very pliable towards our industry. However, if I knew I could change everything over, and actually be making a difference, I would probably go for it.█ Influix Hosting - Reliable Shared & Dedicated Hosting Plans
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05-12-2009, 12:52 PM #9Web Hosting Master
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We shut out the lights when we're not in a room/office. We use windows when it's not too hot or cold outside. We recycle. Does that make us green?
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05-12-2009, 01:23 PM #10Web Hosting Master
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05-12-2009, 01:52 PM #11Disabled
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05-12-2009, 08:00 PM #12Aspiring Evangelist
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green is better.
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05-12-2009, 10:04 PM #13Web Hosting Master
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While I certainly think it's a good start for large datacenters to buy "green power credits" (it's great news that BurstNET for example are doing it), it is in-effect just paying someone else to deal with the problem.
The telecommunications industry is pretty wasteful when it comes to energy to begin with, and the best bet is to push for everything to be green powered, which in a sense renewable energy credits are a step in the right direction. But it's just that, a step... as for making it a point of concern when I were to buy something, no unfortunately it's not.I used to run the oldest commercial Mumble host.
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05-12-2009, 10:32 PM #14WHT Addict
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Green Power like renewable energy and carbon offset sound good
But there are some who just use tree plantations for their marketing
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05-13-2009, 01:51 AM #15WHT Addict
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Carbon offsets are by and large a scam. Many places that sell carbon offsets sell at a rate of 1 ton of carbon for 10 USD. That's the amount of carbon emitted by 3 737's flying from New York to London. 10 dollars... really? We could eliminate carbon emissions for about 1.5 billion dollars if this were correct. That just doesn't sound right, now does it?
Essentially, their little calculators are just used to sell. I've seen carbon offsets go on sale, that's an interesting one.
Not to mention every carbon offsetting scheme I've ever seen is fundamentally flawed. They plant trees, which release carbon when they rot. Short sighted?Last edited by Ethoshostingcom; 05-13-2009 at 01:56 AM.
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05-13-2009, 02:24 AM #16Disabled
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I suppose that lats time term "green host" is marketing motto and can be used for the marketing goals only, But at the same time that is bit expensive then ordinary web host
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05-13-2009, 03:50 AM #17Newbie
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i will take the green hosting into consideration if the price is the same or a little more than normal web hosting.
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05-13-2009, 04:36 AM #18Web Hosting Master
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05-13-2009, 07:49 AM #20Newbie
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I want to use a Green Web Hosting, if I could make out a green one. ^_^ can I?
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05-13-2009, 12:37 PM #21Web Hosting Guru
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05-13-2009, 04:05 PM #22Web Hosting Master
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<< While I certainly think it's a good start for large datacenters to buy "green power credits" (it's great news that BurstNET for example are doing it), it is in-effect just paying someone else to deal with the problem. >>
Buying RECs is just a part of our overall environmental initiative---we also do as much as we can in-house. Unfortunately we cannot get renewable energy delivered directly to our door (our monopoly power company, PP&L, does not offer such), and our only option for clean power was to do it the way we did. And we chose to support a company with wind farms in our region, as well as right up the road from our facility specifically.
<< Carbon offsets are by and large a scam. Many places that sell carbon offsets sell at a rate of 1 ton of carbon for 10 USD. >>
There are lots of scams out there regarding carbon offsets, but their are also legitimate companies. The way ours was calculated we purchased (more than actually) the full amount of our yearly power consumption. The calculations had absolutely nothing to do with the of carbon tonage, rather strictly based on the company's actual kWh utilized. The offset is 100% legitimate, and the full amount of our power utilization is being supplied to the power grid via renewable sources.
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