Another reason why Newspaper Index is a cool website
I guess you allready have noticed the nice design of newspaperindex.com with the stylish green/gray colorscheme. The reason why I use the Miami Lime green (or is it British Racing green?) is not just because it is cool (or was two years ago) . It it because newspaperindex is environment friendly.
Thats rigth. Everytime you use newspaperindex you are saving rainforests and the fragile arctic ecosystems by keeping the global CO2 emission down. -But how can that be? Well, newspaperindex is now solar powered!
Take a look at this picture. It is the roof of my house seen from south and notice the black area with the white spots. This is the solar panels. They should produce nearly 1.000 kWh/year - more than enough to run my server, computers and other stuff in my office.
Here you see my office. Notice the white box in the upper left corner, this is the inverter (Made by Fronius in Germany) that makes the electricity usable in a 230V environment. Below the desk are the server (this server you are accessing right now) and my computers.
As I am writing this the solar system is producing more than I can use and the counter is running backward. The rest is sold to the local electricity provider. At night or when it is cloudy I am bying it back.
