My only concern was the seasonal hibernation period for gophers,

On 2010-04-01 12:50, Sebastian Rahtz wrote:
> Yes. The OUCS Green ICT initiative has determined that the 
> server power used in providing Gopher pages will eventually 
> result in an estimated 17% decrease in energy consumption by 
> those servers. But in order to reach our target of 100% decrease
> in energy consumption, 

but now I can see the rationale.

Wasn't the introduction of Vesta part of the plan?

How it all fits together now...