[kristianp]

Data center power consumption is a real issue and it makes sense that a website for renewable energy projects will itself run 'green'. I for one, upvoted this story, as I hope it raises awareness that, yes, the greenhouse effect still exists, and fossil fuels are harmful to people.

Also, even though natural gas seems to be growing faster than coal in terms of electricity generation, gas isn't green, it's just "greener" than coal.

[koralatov]

I agree with what you're saying, and I agree that there's a need to cut the use of polluting power-sources to run data-centres, but I really, really dislike the way it's being put across here.

Hyperbolic, emotionally charged phrasing like ``dirty CO2 spurting coal power plants'' makes it far, far too easy for people to dismiss the author of the piece as some sort of tree-hugging hippie wingnut with an agenda. What was wrong with keeping it simple with something like, ``coal-fired power plants''?