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Are you a tree-hugging-energy-efficient-miser or are you a oil-guzzling-performance-magician? A very, and I mean very interesting article cropped up that I think everyone should read. This is one I'll have to bookmark, re-read, and re-evaluate at least one more time over.

Go to The Data Center's Green Direction is a Dead End.

This article takes a look at the direction of the storage industry if we continue to try and push our green-tech too far. The storage industry can only grow by actually consuming more power, not less. Basically, without ample power we are putting a ceiling on where the storage industry can grow. What is really needed, is not green-friendly storage, but cheaper, cleaner, and more efficient energy sources.

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