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Google's Big Bucks Back Green Ideas by Bob Keefe
Posted: 2008-02-18 11:48:21

Mountain View, Calif — In the carports at Google Inc.'s headquarters, power cords dangle above parking spots, ready for the day when electric cars are commonplace.

Already, office lights and computers get their power partly from 9,200 solar panels that cover almost every rooftop here, which Google claims is the largest solar array ever installed by a U.S. corporation.

Recycling bins are everywhere. There's even a garden where the corporate chefs grow vegetables in water-saving bins called "EarthBoxes."

But the Internet search giant's green goals extend well beyond its sprawling "Googleplex."


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