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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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    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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    I probably should care if it's Green Powered, but it's not high on my list of priorities.

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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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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by txitcs View Post
    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.
    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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    or you just dont care
    The fact that I don't make it a purchasing point probably puts me in that category. I do care though, in the sense that I would like to see the host reduce waste and pollution. I just want to see true, smart solutions, that are effective, economical and make marketing sense all at the same time, not some "let's see how we can become <<green>> within the next 2 weeks" scheme.
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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.
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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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    Quote Originally Posted by HostLonestar-Randy View Post
    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?
    You're closer to yellow.

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    Quote Originally Posted by txitcs View Post
    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.
    We'll said sir. I exactly agree with you.

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    green is better.

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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.
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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

    Just be careful with one you choose
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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?
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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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    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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    Quote Originally Posted by riahtml View Post
    i will take the green hosting into consideration if the price is the same or a little more than normal web hosting.
    I assume that sometimes they can be compared and considered as the same. Depends on the requirements. What would you do if there are no sunny days in the region?
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    Quote Originally Posted by rumsfo View Post
    I assume that sometimes they can be compared and considered as the same. Depends on the requirements. What would you do if there are no sunny days in the region?
    Yes, i agree on your point.

    I made a mistake.Thank you

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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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    Quote Originally Posted by HostLonestar-Randy View Post
    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?
    Great answer i think yes, that makes you "green provider"

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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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