Schwarzenegger to CeBIT: 'Go green!'

At the CeBIT fair in Germany this week, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is acting as a cheerleader (and unofficial ambassador of sorts) for the green computing products of the Silicon Valley, exhorting attendees from Europe and elsewhere to "Go green!" In an energetic speech during opening ceremonies, Schwarzenegger pumped up the audience at the recession-rocked show, down 25 percent this year in numbers of exhibitors.

"We are gathering in challenging times. Some may say this is the wrong time for a big trade show like this, but they are wrong," urged the Governor, who accompanied about 50 computer vendors from California to the event in Germany. During a stop at IBM's booth at CeBIT, Schwarzenegger contended that time is of the essence for cutting energy costs and reducing greenhouse emissions, with the information technology industry's carbon footprint still expanding inexorably from one year to the next.