Weather supercomputer used to predict climate change is one of Britain's worst pollut

[SteamWake]

Just ROFL funny :har:

The Met Office has caused a storm of controversy after it was revealed their £30million supercomputer designed to predict climate change is one of Britain's worst polluters.

The massive machine - the UK's most powerful computer with a whopping 15 million megabytes of memory - was installed in the Met Office's headquarters in Exeter, Devon.


It is capable of 1,000 billion calculations every second to feed data to 400
scientists and uses 1.2 megawatts of energy to run - enough to power more than 1,000 homes



http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1209430/Weather-supercomputer-used-predict-climate-change-Britains-worst-polluters.html

[antikristuseke]

I have my doubts about those claims. Sure, supercoputers take a lot of power, but to claim it to be amongst the top polluters is a tad much. Allso, the daily fail.

[SteamWake]

1.2 megawatts is a hellua lot of power.

Some factories dont even use that much and when they do they dont leave it on all day/night.

I believe the claim.


The figures have been published by the Department of Communities and Local Government which calculated the ratings and emissions of every public building in the country.

[Tchocky]

Last three paragraphs.


Despite its lack of green credentials Mr Grommett said the rating process was "fundamentally flawed" and claimed its carbon footprint was more than offset by the benefits it delivers.

These included saving lives through severe weather warnings while its forecasting for the global aviation industry saved an estimated 20 million tonnes of carbon dioxide every year.

Friends of the Earth spokesman Maurice Spurway said: 'Life is full of ironies and I think this is one of those situations.'

[SteamWake]

Of course hes gonna say that... what else is he going to say.

Besides I just find the irony amusing I'm not saying there doing anything wrong.

[GoldenRivet]

wow.


i dont know how we humans will be remembered. but wise wont be a statement used to describe our history

[ETR3(SS)]

If humans have to be remembered, who will be doing the remembering?

[GoldenRivet]

bees

[VipertheSniper]

more like cockroaches, bees are having huge health issues, supposedly a virus transmitted by mites