Will a host that is green effect your decision to buy?

dwhs

dwhs

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I see a lot of host are becoming more green which is awesome. But will that effect your decision to choose them?
 
It will for some and I applaud those providers who are going green. We all live on the same Earth. :D
 
it seems to me going green is a scam.

i mean, it's not like they are using green energy. they still use the same old dirty energy just "offset" by purchasing something i don't understand.

it's a scam.
 
There are some data centers that use wind power.
That is not a scam.

Hosts who buy energy offsets are not a scam. They are recognizing that they cannot directly affect the environment at the present so they are doing their part to offset it by buying carbon credits.

What exactly about this is a scam?

Perhaps you can explain in some detail?
 
i guess i don't know how carbon credits work and frankly it sounds too much of a buzz phrase to even attempt to look it up
 
I agree it can be for some host a marketing technique "called green washing" but for soem other it is a real effort.
It's like everything else in life.
 
Going green doesn't simply involve buying carbon credits. There's a ton of ways you can go Green. For example, we're considering covering our entire roof in WestPort with solar panels - reducing our load on Ameren utility power.
 
I believe some companies are in it just for the hype because everyone else is doing it but some companies really are genuine about it.

And some companies plant a tree, others do various other things, such as the hosting for Haiti which I think is a good cause.
 
When someone says they are "Green" I always search for a technical details... What do they mean - a low voltage servers, or an infrastructure that reduces the carbon dioxide emissions?
 
cableguy said:
i guess i don't know how carbon credits work and frankly it sounds too much of a buzz phrase to even attempt to look it up
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So you have no clue how it works or what it is yet you have no problem claiming that it is a scam?
 
run this by copyscape or whatever and you'll see what i mean >> hxtp://www.hostpapa.ca/what-is-green-energy/

btw: hostpapa is one of the worst hosts on the planet and i'm only providing this link for argument's sake
 
What argument?
You are the one making the claim that Green Hosting is a scam.
You are the one making the claim that:

"they still use the same old dirty energy just "offset" by purchasing something i don't understand."

"i guess i don't know how carbon credits work"

If you don't understand something would it not be a little better position to educate yourself rather than make these wild claims of it being a scam?
 
i just keep seeing these pages (example above. didn't even have to dig deep. first stab in the dark) that seem to me more like bla bla give us more money bla bla bla.

if you find my posts uneducated, then why do you really want to hash them out word for word? i naturally feel there's an argument.

obviously there are some hosts out there doing a great job turning green via different methods. some methods are unique and just make you want to be a part of it.

for the most part, everywhere i see "green hosting" i see (obviously phrased better) "we are pigs but buy clean energy that we don't even use ourselves" in form of tags/coupons/offsets/other buzzwords here.

the whole thing smells of scam. and if it smells like scam, looks like scam, walks like scam, then it's scam.
 
Ignorance is bliss I guess.
Unfortunately some people's ignorance is very counter productive to what will eventually be necessary changes in the way we do business.
Keep your head in the sand but stop making ridiculous statements that you cannot back up with any fact.
 
I’m still a tad unsure after watching this unfold as to why the use of carbon credits appears as a scam? Carbon credits in essence allow those of us who don’t own and or run: landfill/agricultural waste to gas energy, hydro, wind, solar, gas capture or forestry businesses for the aim of reducing the overall greenhouse gas emissions tied into the production of electricity we use daily with little to no thought as to the consequence.

In essence it allows for companies to ensure that the electricity that they use is generated in a green way by ensuring that amount of electricity is provided back to the national grid, it also furthers the implementation of more green energy facilities and further development into existing and new areas of energy.

Some hosts market to this specifically as it is in essence a good thing however as a marketing strategy and for some companies or organisations such as Greenpeace it would be preferable to choose such providers for others not so much so.

However the thing to remember is that the scheme is EU wide and within the EU companies are capped on their emissions as such if they exceed such levels they are legally required to use such methods to ensure that they return to within their maximum emissions.

Parting bit of emissions if you still believe it to be a scam:

Based on figures that for example in In 2006, about $5.5 billion of carbon offsets were purchased in the compliance market, representing about 1.6 billion metric tons of CO2e reductions
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look, if you're a web host, and you're trying to make a difference and aren't charging for it then kudos to you and your employees.

to me green hosting is scripting and automating everything so that you don't have to send 3 monkeys every day, drive 45km there and back to setup your crappy accounts.

having 10 generic pages indexed by google about generic bs found on article sites, whilst sporting a green template with a wind turbine IS NOT GREEN..

..is all i'm saying. pleas don't take offense to my ignorance.

i won't even post in this thread anymore, i promise.

other people were having good points too, sorry for hogging all the thread.
 
Sorry but your ignorance is offensive.
The fact you have no intention of educating yourself while at the same time spewing claims of fraud is even more offensive.

You should have thought about this before replying in the first place.
Your most recent post confirms you lack of any clue what green hosting or any other green movement may entail.
 
Actually, carbon credits are usually a scam. Most of these carbon credit companies, take your money, and do very little if anything to promote a green environment. That's not to imply the hosting companies involved with these organizations are aware of the scam. I'm sure it's possible that some are legitimate, but it's a very easy and profitable way to scam people.
 
Of course you have some sort of evidence to back this up right?
Please back up you statement that "carbon credits are USUALLY a scam".
I would be very interested in hearing about this.
 
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