
E dopo le analisi sull’influenza, Google si occupa di energia e risparmio. Come? Con l’installazione di appositi contatori (gratuiti!) che permetteranno agli utenti di visionare i proprio consumi e agire per diminuirli. Perchè il risparmio è la fonte di energia più pulita.
Al momento il tutto è in versione closed beta ma alcune testimonianze sul sito del progetto mi hanno entusiasmato:
“After installing Google PowerMeter, we immediately switched out all our lights for CFLs and our usage dropped by about 13%. Now I continue to use the product to monitor our baseload and if it’s unusually high, it probably means that I’ve left one of our silent computers on.”
“One morning I noticed that my energy consumption was higher than normal. I went into the kitchen and found that the dial on our toaster oven was stuck and had been on all night. It was already burning and the once white exterior was now brown. If I hadn’t seen my energy consumption and known where to look, my apartment could have been toast.”
“By monitoring my energy use, I figured out that the bulk of my electricity was caused by my two 20-year-old fridges, my incandescent lights and my pool pump, which was set to run more than necessary. By replacing the refrigerators with new energy-efficient models, the lights with CFLs and setting the pool pump to only run at specified intervals, I’ve saved $3,000 in the past year and I am on track to save even more this year! “
“I don’t own a toaster and because I live by myself, I’ve always used my standard electric oven to toast bread. After seeing the power spikes from my sunday breakfasts, I did a little research on the power required to toast bread using a toaster compared to an electric oven and found that toasting bread in an oven uses 33 times as much energy as a typical toaster! With this savings, I realized that I would save money (not to mention time) by buying a toaster.”
I più maligni inizieranno a parlare di privacy. Personalmente non me ne curo particolarmente. A questo proposito Google informa:
Google PowerMeter is an opt-in service and users must sign up to participate. No personally identifying information will be shared between Google and the user’s utility. All energy data received by Google PowerMeter will be stored securely, and users will be able to delete their energy data or ask their utility to stop sending data to Google PowerMeter at any time. More information about Google PowerMeter’s privacy practices will be available at time of launch.
Google Street View è un servizio a mio parere fantastico. Eppure utilizzandolo si possono scoprire delle stranezze inspiegabili. Ad esempio, chi mi spiega quello che potete vedere in 
Oggi:
La Blogsfera sembra impazzita in queste ultime ore con voci prima confermate, poi smentite, poi riconfermate sulla possibile uscita di un browser di casa Google.

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