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I can't really install solar in my apartment, so hopefully some of the things I find to inspire my future system will also give you some ideas.

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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor

 

GooglePlex Solar Panels - Aerial View All those hardware must use a lot of electricity (indeed, Googleville data center is calculated to require about 103 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 82,000 homes or a city the size of Tacoma, Washington), but just how much energy do you use when you perform a Google search? Google calculated that it uses about 1 kJ (0.0003 kWh) of energy to answer the average search query. It’s so efficient that your PC will likely use more energy in the time it takes to do a Google search. To offset its electricity consumption, Google even installed 1.6MW solar panels on the rooftops of the Googleplex. A total of 9,212 solar panels generate 4,475 kWh daily, the equivalent of about the amount of electricity used by 1,000 California homes. (courtesy neat facts about google)

GooglePlex Solar Panels - Aerial View

All those hardware must use a lot of electricity (indeed, Googleville data center is calculated to require about 103 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 82,000 homes or a city the size of Tacoma, Washington), but just how much energy do you use when you perform a Google search?

Google calculated that it uses about 1 kJ (0.0003 kWh) of energy to answer the average search query. It’s so efficient that your PC will likely use more energy in the time it takes to do a Google search.

To offset its electricity consumption, Google even installed 1.6MW solar panels on the rooftops of the Googleplex. A total of 9,212 solar panels generate 4,475 kWh daily, the equivalent of about the amount of electricity used by 1,000 California homes.

(courtesy neat facts about google)

While more than 4,500 sea turtles were rescued during January’s freezing weather, more than 200 manatees died around the Florida coast. About 80 percent of the cold-stressed sea turtles survived. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reminds Floridians that car tags for sea turtles and manatees help fund conservation and research for both species. These funds were used for the rescue operations in January.

While more than 4,500 sea turtles were rescued during January’s freezing weather, more than 200 manatees died around the Florida coast.

About 80 percent of the cold-stressed sea turtles survived.

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reminds Floridians that car tags for sea turtles and manatees help fund conservation and research for both species.

These funds were used for the rescue operations in January.