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So what is the solution? Patel says better connectivity means data centers do not need to be in cities, and thanks to technology, could be managed by very few people. Therefore, very few people could manage them. Therefore, they could be located near dairy farms not a revolutionary technology in India, where village people still use Cowdung cakes as domestic fuel. Patel says Cowdung can be processed in inexpensive digesters to produce methane, which can be burned to create power.
In addition, for the matter what about solar technology? India’s tryst with solar energy has been a start-stop affair so far. At least the mobile communication industry can take the lead here. Mobile towers can easily have solar cells mounted on top of them, which may not completely do away with the need for diesel generators, but could definitely cut down on the use of pollution fuel. Another idea is developing gadgets that run on solar power. A case in point; Samsung displayed a solar powered phone in 2009- the solar guru E1107. Sadly, it seems to have been a one-off case.
The IT industry and IT users, which include people reading this posting, should take the lead. Thanks to advances in technology, devices today are more energy efficient than their predecessors. But we also use more of them-more computers, more phones and more tablets.
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