Solar Powered Hosting

Discussion in 'Web Hosting' started by Lever, Aug 14, 2004.

  1. #1
    This should probably go somewhere else but I figured 'general chat' would do...

    I was doing an idle G search the other day for 'solar powered industry' just to satisfy my curiosity to see who's doing anything about powering stuff up with the power of the sun. In #1 slot the original article led me to solar data centers who happen to be similar to solar host...

    It all looks pretty cool to me, I was wandering if anyone had any experiences of their services. With 6 degrees of seperation I figured somebody might know somebody who had a friend etc who has an account with them.
     
    Lever, Aug 14, 2004 IP
  2. Sorvoja

    Sorvoja Don't hide my ads!

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    Hi,

    There truly is a marked for anything these days :)

    299 USD a year for 25Mb! It is alot! Solar power doesn't come cheaply.

    I wonder if there are any webhosts that advertise with nuclear powered hosting :)
     
    Sorvoja, Aug 14, 2004 IP
  3. Lever

    Lever Deep Thought

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    LOL I think France generates about 80% from nuclear power so the probability is that they've got stacks of nuclear-powered ISPs. OK so the price is quite high but with oil topping $45 a barrel I see things a changing...
     
    Lever, Aug 15, 2004 IP
  4. eye-2i.com

    eye-2i.com Peon

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    Reminds me of Asian market traders:
    "Ah for you my fliend, today special plice, only two hundled dollars!!"
     
    eye-2i.com, Aug 23, 2004 IP
  5. hulkster

    hulkster Peon

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    FYI FWIW: Thanx to a donation, I used wind power for my 22,000 christmas lights in 2002 ... but it was just a surcharge on my power bill, although (honest 'injun) I had people ask me where the windmill was on my lawn that was powering the lights! ;-)

    Solar would certainly be a LOT easier in places in SoCal (Colorado can be nippy in the winter) - I'd be curious to see how well Shawn does with his plans to do this - he actually may WANT to be on the grid since it's my understanding that you can feed power BACK into the grid (i.e. run your meter backwards) and have the power company pay you.
     
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  6. Lever

    Lever Deep Thought

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    You guys crack me up :D
     
    Lever, Aug 25, 2004 IP
  7. SEbasic

    SEbasic Peon

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    You can run power back to the grid.

    This site is all about the different ways in which you can change your life in order to help the environment.

    Worth a read...
     
    SEbasic, Aug 25, 2004 IP
  8. Lever

    Lever Deep Thought

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    Spread the word :) It doesn't take much to 'do your bit' and having long hair, wearing lentils and eating sandals aren't prerequisites ;)

    Have a scan of eco footprinting - no surprises but quite interesting under the technical bits
     
    Lever, Aug 26, 2004 IP
  9. heapmaster

    heapmaster Guest

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    I saw this posting and thought you might want to take a look at a web hosting company for your web site that is inexpensive, yet they are environmentally friendly and have unsuppressed support. They are featured in Wired and Entrepreneur(Nov. 05 issue) magazines. Promote your business by letting people know your helping the environment by having your web site hosted by solar! Everyone nowadays wants an environmentally friendly car, do the same for your web site. You can get your web site hosted for as low as $9.95 a month! Check out their web site at http://www.aiso.net. A little more about them... Affordable Internet Services Online, Inc.(AISO.net) is a reliable and responsible green energy web site hosting company. They have made a strong commitment to help fight pollution and preserving our natural resources along with providing unsurpassed toll-free and e-mail support. 120+ Solar panels run their data center and office. Solar tubes bring in natural light from the outside providing light during the day. AMD Opteron powered servers use sixty percent less energy and generate fifty percent less heat. These are just some of the ways AISO.net is becoming the world's most responsible green energy hosting company.
     
    heapmaster, Oct 21, 2005 IP
  10. ServerUnion

    ServerUnion Peon

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    It should be called "Hippie Host, INC."
     
    ServerUnion, Oct 21, 2005 IP