Global Warming-Fighting Computer Turns Out to Be Polluter
The Daily Mail reports that the almost $50 million IBM machine, which houses 15 million megabytes of memory and requires 1.2 megawatts of energy to operate, is one of Great Britain's most egregious polluters. According to a report from the Department of Communities and Local Government, the machine, which is designed to eventually perform 1,000 billion calculations per second and uses enough energy to power 1,000 homes, contributes 75-percent of the Met Office's annual 12,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions. Those numbers qualify the weather center as one of the U.K.'s worst polluters.
