tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post7365987696469469384..comments2023-12-26T05:33:56.740-05:00Comments on John Hanger's Facts of The Day: Sunday NYT Data Center & Power Story Goes Hyperbolic: Here Is The Side Of The Story Not Fit To PrintJohn Hangerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06565915866938789295noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-79555655232616663042012-09-27T12:36:00.372-04:002012-09-27T12:36:00.372-04:00My concern is not the nuance. It is the hyperbolic...My concern is not the nuance. It is the hyperbolic frame of the story. I will continue to urge media to be fact based, comparative, contextual, and accurate, instead of sensational, hyperbolic, and misleading. I will do so especially concerning the NYT, as it has major influence and its reporting convinced large number of people that IRAQ possessed WMD; that gas drilling is creating massive impacts on water (not in the top 5 or top sources of water pollution); and now that data centers use so much power that they are unsustainable and will hit a wall.John Hangerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06565915866938789295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-85562904012110797982012-09-27T12:14:33.638-04:002012-09-27T12:14:33.638-04:00I agree that the NYTimes article did not address a...I agree that the NYTimes article did not address all the nuances of the issue. However John Hanger's response also does not. Because we expect the best in innovation, efficiency and forward thinking from our computer and data industries, we should expect the same from how that industry gets its power. Even if the electricity is "only" 2% of the total - within that 2% - most of the companies involved still get about 33% of that electricity from non renewable sources - as outlined in the Green Peace Report. John please direct your efforts towards encouraging investigation and rather criticizing the efforts of journalists. We are all in this together. isyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09937364337106557090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-75887959086889988082012-09-24T15:10:47.046-04:002012-09-24T15:10:47.046-04:00Nice analysis of the relative amount of power that...Nice analysis of the relative amount of power that data centers around the world use, John. But one of the biggest takeaways from the article should be the dirty diesel generators that these data centers use as backups. Greenpeace issued an interesting report, "How Clean Is Your Cloud," on this issue in April. http://www.greenpeace.org/international/en/publications/Campaign-reports/Climate-Reports/How-Clean-is-Your-Cloud/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4664957094233317169.post-91181238416705105542012-09-24T14:51:21.121-04:002012-09-24T14:51:21.121-04:00Unfortunatly, this is just another example of the ...Unfortunatly, this is just another example of the NYT ability to frame an argument in the broader public domain while only presenting part of the argument. The scary part is that they do this more broadly than just when covering the energy debate. Their political coverage is just as biased and incomplete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com