10 Ways to Become Green and Save Cash at the Same Time

2009-11-22T15:04:00.001-08:00

A few years ago I was introduced to the notion of green VPS hosting. A normal web server, hosting anything from some man's blog to a major website can produce CO2 equivalent to that of an Sport Utility Vehicle idling constantly and a typical data center uses enough energy to power 30,000 homes. How accurate are these claims? Maybe they are just scare tactics used to get you to purchase into "green" VPS hosting companies.

Google, being a pronounced face on the Internet, has come by some judgment as of late regarding their carbon footprint. It was said that for every two Google searches done about 15g of C02 is produced, practically the same produced by boiling a pot of water. That aots to quite a lot to deal with that they process millions of searches a day. However, that data may have been a bit blown out of proportion, and Google acknowledged by stating that a search only emits about 0.2g of C02.

In a similar bent as Google, it is possible that the carbon footprint of VPS hosting is blown out of proportion in some cases, especially by those itching to to sell you an easy quick fix. However, the fact is that hosting millions of sites on the Internet uses extraordinary of energy.

Green web services, such as Hosting It Green offer robust script libraries and features comparable to other companies. Just remember to read between the lines when going "green" for your VPS host, you don't have to meet exclusive criteria to have word green in your business name. In VPS hosting, as in most things, there is a whole range of "greenness" and of course there are bound to be some impostors.

To answer the query posed by this blog's title "Save Time & Money with these 10 Eco-Friendly", it's both. Granted, companies will cash in on this trend. I believe, with a slight change in spotlight, the nature of this business will steer itself toward a greener future.