Carbon offset

optrex · #1 (**permalink**) 04-03-08, 09:05 AM

Can anyone tell me the annual carbon offset required for a starter VPS Hosting please?

**Administrator** · #2 (**permalink**) 04-03-08, 01:00 PM

You can plant 1 Tree as that should be sufficient to mitigate green house gas effect created by your VPS

optrex · #3 (**permalink**) 04-03-08, 01:03 PM

Thanks - is that an official statement to make my site carbon neutral or a guess?

**John** · #4 (**permalink**) 04-03-08, 10:16 PM

That is very much a guess

A VPS is hosted on the latest processors and as such they are very energy efficient. You are also then sharing the physical node with other users and that lowers your footprint even further.

I think a tree is a fair estimate

optrex · #5 (**permalink**) 05-03-08, 01:19 PM

Assuming an average 330w power utilisation on a given server (or node), this would produce 180Kg of carbon per annum (based on a gas power station producing 616g/kwh)

A tree offsets 10kg per annum, so we could safely say at this stage that each node requires 18 trees to be offset.

On average how many VPS are on a node? Because it looks like I may need to plant more than 1 tree here to claim carbon neutrality.

If you could give me an accurate average power consumption that would be good too (or just the make model and I will find it out for you).

Thanks

**Administrator** · #6 (**permalink**) 05-03-08, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by optrex

Assuming an average 330w power utilisation on a given server (or node), this would produce 180Kg of carbon per annum (based on a gas power station producing 616g/kwh)

A tree offsets 10kg per annum, so we could safely say at this stage that each node requires 18 trees to be offset.

On average how many VPS are on a node? Because it looks like I may need to plant more than 1 tree here to claim carbon neutrality.

If you could give me an accurate average power consumption that would be good too (or just the make model and I will find it out for you).

Thanks

We host close to 20 VPS's on each of our VPS Hosting nodes. You will need to plant only 1 Tree

I'm glad that you are so serious about Global Warming. Some of our staff members were reluctant to answer this thread as they don't see any sense in replying to such questions, but I'm more than happy to provide you with necessary information. I hope some of our other customers read this thread and take steps to offset Carbon produced by them.

optrex · #7 (**permalink**) 05-03-08, 02:27 PM

Thanks thats a big help.

Running a UK weather forum, discussing severe weather and climatic change comes as a norm.

I've not looked into it before, but with March being "green month" I thought it would be a good to do something about it. It also acts as a marketing plus as we would be the only major site to be able to claim carbon neutrality atm.

jon123 · #8 (**permalink**) 05-03-08, 04:42 PM

Interesting conversation as I sit here on my bicycle with the wheel up in the air driving a dynamo to power my laptop!

Maybe you could get the support team to do the same to power the servers. They may need to pedal faster when i need to use the burstable ram though

**Administrator** · #9 (**permalink**) 05-03-08, 08:50 PM

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Thanks thats a big help.

Running a UK weather forum, discussing severe weather and climatic change comes as a norm.

I've not looked into it before, but with March being "green month" I thought it would be a good to do something about it. It also acts as a marketing plus as we would be the only major site to be able to claim carbon neutrality atm.

I was feeling lil uncomfortable for some time as we will need to plant more than 25,000 trees to offset carbon produced by our servers

It's really difficult to plant that many trees as land required for such plantation might go beyond 1 sqkm. I can now understand how much trouble we all are producing and how it is going to make huge impact on our future.

**John** · #10 (**permalink**) 05-03-08, 08:52 PM

The UK will lead the way in Europe for green energy. We are an Island nation and we have unlimited wind power just a few miles offshore. The sooner they start utilizing it, the better.

We also then become less dependent on fuel from overseas.

jon123 · #11 (**permalink**) 20-03-08, 06:55 PM

Apparently the future is not wind but wave power. Unfortunately technology needs to advance somewhat in this area before we can reap the rewards. the tides of the oceans are a constant so just need the ability to harness it.

**Administrator** · #12 (**permalink**) 20-03-08, 09:24 PM

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Apparently the future is not wind but wave power. Unfortunately technology needs to advance somewhat in this area before we can reap the rewards. the tides of the oceans are a constant so just need the ability to harness it.

Moon is moving away from earth every year so Tidal power won't help after 200 Years and it will take that much time for world to switch to Tidal power

jon123 · #13 (**permalink**) 20-03-08, 10:12 PM

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Moon is moving away from earth every year so Tidal power won't help after 200 Years and it will take that much time for world to switch to Tidal power

maybe so but we will all be toast because of global warming long before that.

**Administrator** · #14 (**permalink**) 20-03-08, 10:36 PM

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maybe so but we will all be toast because of global warming long before that.

I won't be there by that time so makes no difference to me

My Great Great Grand Children's will deal with it( if I get married )

delboy · #15 (**permalink**) 23-03-08, 02:29 PM

And what's the UK to do in the summer months when there is really low wind. I live in the country, with 3 wind farms all a short drive from where I live and the wind turbines stand there and do nothing most the time.

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Originally Posted by John

The UK will lead the way in Europe for green energy. We are an Island nation and we have unlimited wind power just a few miles offshore. The sooner they start utilizing it, the better.

We also then become less dependent on fuel from overseas.