google and GE's green energy plan

I heard this story on a Quirks and Quarks podcast this morning. Google and GE are teaming up to develop a smart energy plan, and hope to have things up and running by 2030. This story might be old news (it's from 2008), but I think it's cool, and worth a re-post. I've heard a lot of different green energy plans but this one seems the most plausible. It sounds concrete, do-able and like something that will not only get Average Joes on board, but will also support greedy corporations... because you know, green energy is a great and necessary technology, but if current corporations can't see themselves making money in a green future, then green plans probably won't happen without some kind of revolution. In reading and hearing about this Google and GE plan, I can imagine this kind of technology in a not too distant future. Perhaps even in my own future home (in Nova Scotia, with cedar siding and a lake view, fingers crossed). You see, this technology doesn't even seem futuristic, just practical.

And I can already imagine the fun Google and GE are going to have thinking up cute acronyms for their new technology. GOOGE and GEGOO and GREENGOOGE and stuff like that.

Follow this link to read about it on Google's official blog : http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2008/09/partnering-with-ge-on-clean-energy.html