Thursday, August 27, 2009

You can't study climate change...

without affecting the climate, according to some: Weather supercomputer used to predict climate change is one of Britain's worst polluters. Pull quote:
"Met Office's HQ has now been named as one of the worst buildings in Britain for pollution - responsible for more than 12,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide a year.

It says 75 per cent of its carbon footprint is produced by the super computer meaning the machine is officially one of the country's least green machines.

Green campaigners say it is 'ironic' that a computer designed to help stave-off climate change is responsible for such high levels of pollution."

It's a bit like the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle and quantum mechanics, but applied to climate science.

Heh.

RELATED: How much carbon dioxide do computers emit?

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