Inside Sun, McNealy seems most jazzed about pushing what he calls "the eco thing." He says that by 2012, 40% of tech budgets will be consumed by energy costs. Driving Sun to create low-energy computers is both a moral imperative and business opportunity, McNealy says. Sun even has a vice president of eco-responsibility, David Douglas.McNealy is also a long-time advocate of expanding the nation's use of nuclear energy.
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