A Clean Energy Future @ Google // canavarlar

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At Google, we know how small actions can add up. We earn revenue one
click at a time, and have built a very successful business on this model. But
these clicks don’t just drive revenue. In aggregate, these billions of clicks
require an extensive computer infrastructure to run the services that
hundreds of millions of people use every day. This infrastructure requires
electricity, much of which is produced from sources that generate a
significant amount of greenhouse gas emissions.
http://www.google.com/corporate/green/energy/

It seems you can hardly turn around lately without getting some news
about climate change, sustainability, and environmentalism in general.
If you want to get involved, there are countless programs, products
and efforts you can undertake as an individual, from recycling or
biking to work to buying a hybrid car or low-flow toilet. And there
are plenty of things businesses can do too. As a global employer,
Google is engaged with several initiatives. These include:

- solar power: we recently completed what may currently be the largest
corporate solar installation in the U.S. at our Mountain View,
California campus. With this in place, we hope to offset about 30% of
our peak-hour output.

- corporate commuting: we manage a fleet of shuttle buses that carry
some 1,500 Googlers to and from work all around the San Francisco Bay
area, with additional benefits and credits for those who carpool, take
the train, bike, or have a hybrid vehicle.

- plug-in hybrids: we're supporting research for this promising
vehicle technology that may double the mileage of today's hybrid cars.

- carbon neutrality: we've pledged to become carbon neutral as a
company - around the world - by the end of 2007. You can read more
about all of these programs and more on our new "green" site.