Can Cloud Computing Save the Planet?

Grazed from SysConMedia.  Author: Ian Khan.

Creating global change that is actually good for the entire world is a mammoth task. A population of almost 7 billion as of 2015 is taking its toll on the planet, as it  survives the brunt of keeping the works going. What role can cloud computing play in making it easier for all of us?  Did you know that:

• There is more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere today than at any point in the last 800,000 years.
• In total, the U.S. emits approximately 6 billion tons of carbon dioxide every year. Forty-percent of that comes from power plant emissions alone.
• Every day 70 million tons of carbon dioxide are released into the atmosphere…

These and hundreds of other interesting, well shocking actually, facts help us understand the severity of the catastrophe that is taking place today…

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