Rackspace finds that customers are losing interest in pursuing green technologies. But are there other factors, like an economy in a tailspin, at play?

63% won't sacrifice server performance to lower carbon emissions - NetworkWorld

Hosting provider Rackspace surveyed 3,000 customers this year and last year, and found some results suggesting businesses are losing interest in green technology.

Sixty-three percent of customers this year said they are not willing to sacrifice any server performance to lower carbon emissions. (Compare server products.) Last year, only 41% of Rackspace customers were unwilling to sacrifice performance to reduce global warming emissions.

Green Storage and The Idle Time Secret - Nexan - The Green Storage Blog

Recently, Steve Lohr of the New York Times wrote an interesting article titled, “Demand for Data Puts Engineers in Spotlight” . A paragraph of particular interest states, “The problem is that most computers in data centers run at 15 percent or less of capacity on average, loafing the rest of the time, though consuming electricity all the while. (In the old days, when they housed a few large computers, data centers were far more efficient. Mainframe computers run at 80 percent of capacity or more).”

Grant turning city onto solar power - NOLA.com

As Louisianians face unprecedented state and federal tax credits offering up to $12,500 off the cost of solar panel systems, solar technology has yet to become a significant trend. A barely-there solar business infrastructure (there are currently five certified solar installers in the entire state, said Forest Bradley-Wright with the Alliance), a lack of public information about the technology and the financial hump of buying a solar system, even with the tax credits, are the main obstacles the grant will tackle through programs such as the solar installation course, McGowan said.

G-8 to Pledge $10 Billion to Combat Climate Change, Nikkei Says - Bloomberg

Leaders from the Group of Eight nations will pledge to spend more than $10 billion a year on research and development to tackle climate change, Nikkei English News said.

The Environmental Technology of Wall*E - EcoGeek

In Wall*E's world we seem to have developed some great environmental technologies. Wind turbines abound...though they are covered up to their necks in the refuse of our civilization. This, for me, was the movie's most powerful statement. Is it possible that, no matter how much power we produce renewably, we will never satisfy the demand of the Earth's people. Will we simply consume our way back into the hole of unsustainability no matter what solutions are presented by technology?

Sony Ericsson Named Greenest Electronics Manufacturer - Matter Network

Sony Ericsson wins the title of most improved, environmentally speaking. In the eighth issue of Greenpeace’s Greener Electronics Guide, Sony Ericsson took the lead as the producer of green electronics.