“The new supercomputer, which will become operational later this year, will emit 14,400 tonnes of CO2 a year,” said Dave Britton, the Met Office’s chief press officer. This is equivalent to the CO2 emitted by 2,400 homes – generating an average of six tonnes each a year.
Of course. But hey - they can always buy CO2 offsets from Al Gore.
UPDATE: Ethanol added to gas to reduce CO2 lowers mileage and has the opposite effect. In the comments:
As a policy matter, if people's mileage is going down by 20%, then it's going to take 25% more gasoline to go the same distance. 10% of that new product is ethanol, which means that we're using 12% more petroleum-based gasoline than we would without ethanol additives. Yay for environmentalism!
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