First it won the heart of hardware enthusiasts with the Core 2 Duo, and now it is targeting environmentalists. Intel Corporation plans to purchase more than 1.3 billion kilowatt hours a year of renewable energy certificates as part of a multi-faceted approach to reduce its impact on the environment, making the company the single-largest corporate purchaser of green power in the United States (according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency). The company said it hoped the record-setting purchase would help stimulate the market for green power, which should lead to additional generating capacity and ultimately, lower costs.
"We have a long history of commitment to the environment and energy efficiency is an important consideration in everything we do, from building transistors to designing microprocessors and running our factories. Our renewable purchase is just one part of a multi-faceted approach to protect the environment, and one that we hope spurs additional development and demand for renewable energy," said Intel President and CEO Paul Otellini, who is also a member of the Copenhagen Climate Council, a global group of leaders working to achieve an effective global climate treaty at next year's UN Environmental Summit in Copenhagen.
+1
http://www.pacificnews.org/jinn/stories/5....greenpower.html
a little more recent.
http://maize-energy.blogspot.com/2007/01/u...fraud-says.html
plenty more where that came from. and no, this is anything but California specific.
/global warming is a marketing ploy. and a damn good one.
does not say anything bad? did you read the quote? the regulations are lax at best and sometimes its just re-sold existing 'green' power that in no way helps.
Maybe certificates arent green - there wasting paper to be printed on lol!
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