Hertz, Avis Plan to Boost Hybrid Fleets – AP. The two rental car companies will add a total of 4400 Toyota Prius hybrids to their fleets. Enterprise Rent-A-Car already operates a fleet of more than 3,000 hybrid vehicles.
For Some, Global Warming Brings Benefits – AP. “In the end, you don’t find really large, really significant benefits. I mean, loss of biodiversity is an irreversible thing for the planet. [As is 20- to 80-foot sea level rise!] Saving a little money on heating in winter areas is a small economic gain for some people. How do you compare that?”
Can green computers help save the world? – The Independent. Factoid: “The average desktop PC wastes nearly half of its power, and the average server wastes one-third of its power. The Climate Savers Computing Initiative is setting a new 90% efficiency target for power supplies which, if achieved, will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 54m tonnes per year – and save more than $5.5bn in energy costs.”
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