It's becoming increasingly obvious that green technology is a source of plenty of investment. According to Business Week, Green is the next big thing. Plenty of venture capitalists have flocked to green and even Google have used their technology to encourage us to have a green summer. Furthermore, the well known tech book publishers O'Reilly have blogged many, many times about the combination of tech and green issues.
So if you've seen a simple, technological solution to a green problem, like the Wattson, then share it here and let's see whether big business really does mean it when they say 'Green is the future'.
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Seems we still have a long way to go before technology can really be considered 'green', though, given the power consumption problem:
"Leaving my server on is costing me $200 / year, or $16.68 per month. My home theater PC is a bit more frugal at 65 watts. Using the same formulas, that costs me $81 / year or $6.75 per month."
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