Comments on: Google Energy: It’s about the grid

By: thedavidlewis

thedavidlewis — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 00:05:00 +0000

Juan, that’s an interesting thought but I don’t think so. If Google is interested, it could lease Clearwire’s 4G network just like Sprint.

This post is about Google getting into homes, not mobile. Google obviously has made an investment in mobile with Android, although some claim it is too hands off. It also has the Nexus phones but seems to have pulled back on that. It will be interesting to watch how this all unfolds.

By: Juan Pablo Pellat

Juan Pablo Pellat — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:56:00 +0000

Hey, do you have any thoughts on the possibility of google acquiring a carrier such as Sprint to offer free LTE or any other carrier for that matter?

By: jeff_molander

jeff_molander — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:09:50 +0000

David…
Brilliantly laid out and argued. At the heart of your argument (but perhaps not vital to Google's ultimately rolling out such services) is a reliance on Google — an acceptance of what we (the consuming public) have already shown all but a complete willingness to participate in. A massive Ignorance Economy where we make trade-offs for everything from novelties to, yes, truly valuable services. We trade privacy and data for the candy. We're already doing it: ie. businesses buy media from the same company that analyzes the ROI in exchange for free, world class Web analytics dashboards.

Ironically, I think much of what powers the chatter you refer to (re: becoming the next Enron/big energy company) is based purely on the *perception* of Google being a science-minded company. I'm not saying that they're not but I am suggesting that what you've laid out is far more logical/well-reasoned in terms of where this is going NEXT.

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