Summary:
Google stated that they were working to make renewable energy cheaper than coal for consumers, but this is a long term goal. Their center of attention is on wind turbine technology. These wind turbines are to produce power along the railroads and computer server farms. Wind energy is clean, renewable, eco-friendly, and will most likely only increase as time moves on. “The Internet search giant said in late 2007 it would invest hundreds of millions of dollars in solar, wind and geothermal technologies to help make renewables cost competitive with coal, reviled by environmentalists for its emissions,” says Reuters, a global news agency. Google made over $350 million in additional investments for renewable energy to date. Google Advisor, Rick Needham explained that Google is also discovering improved geothermal renewable opportunities; this uses existing heat from deep underground to create energy.
Reflection:
I never thought that Google was the type of company to help out like this. Google was always just one of those web-sites to look things up for research and projects. Hopefully Google will help the economy by reducing the cost of fuel/energy such as gas prices and electricity. I remember when gas was only a little more than a dollar, and now those prices have just sky rocketed through the roof. This is a big issue and I think that it is excellent to see all types of business trying to help out like this. If more people would help to change the world, we could do something big, one step at a time.
Questions:
1. How long do you think it will take for Google to accomplish making renewable energy cheaper than coal?
2. What do you think is the fastest way to get the most energy?
3. Do you think that using wind turbines is the best idea for what Google wants to do?
4. Will Google investigate other countries for renewable energies?
Info:
Title-Google Continues Investing In Renewable Energy
Author-Benzinga Staff Writer
Date- April 28, 2011
URL- http://www.benzinga.com/news/11/04/1041309/google-continues-investing-in-renewable-energy-goog
I was not surprised to find out that Google invest so much money into renewable energy. Most bigger company’s invest money into renewable energy. I am glad to find out how much money Google invested and how much they care about making replacements energy cheaper than fossil fuel. If we want to stop using fossil fuels to save the environment, then we need big company to start investing and donating money into these company that are working on making renewable energy cheaper and better than fossil fuels. This is a serous issue and more people need to aware of it so that they can help solve this problem, which Google is trying to solve. I know that my dad’s company donates money to renewable resources too.
ReplyDeleteGoogle is a big company but they won’t be able to make renewable energy cheaper than coal without help. If Google try’s to do it on their own then I think it will take a long time before Google figures it out. Trying to fund the whole thing by them self will be very expensive, that’s why other company’s should donate money to help make the process go faster.
I never knew websites like google could even help the prices of renewable energy. It surprises me that just a simple webiste is putting so much money into making prices cheaper and finding ways to get more renewable energy. If google can make renewable energy cheaper than coal, then we could switch from coal to the renewable resource and we won't lose all our coal. I remember one year during the summer I watched gas prices go from about $3 all the way up to $4 dollars and that was just a few months! If google can help decrease the price of that then they could do a lot more for our energy.
ReplyDeleteTo answer Colby's first question I believe it will take a long time but possible less than a lifetime. It will take long since they still have to finish their work on the wind turbines and then it will take a while to lower the prices of renewable energy and make people realize we should be using more renewable energy than coal. Once google puts all the money in it's up to the scientists to find more ways to get solar, wind, and geothermal energy which should make the prices cheaper.