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Facebook: Better for the Planet than Google
Facebook revealed its 2011 carbon footprint on Wednesday -- that is, the amount of planet-warming carbon dioxide its offices and data centers' energy usage is responsible for.
The figure was good enough to earn the social network kudos from Greenpeace -- and allowed it to look down its nose at less environmentally-friendly tech rivals, such as Google.
Facebook's total energy usage last year measured 532 million Kilowatt hours; minus the 36% of its energy the company gets from renewable and nuclear sources, that led to 285,000 metric tons of CO2 emissions.
Compare that with the most recent annual total for Google: 1.5 million tons of CO2 in 2010. The relative difference in size be…
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