Eric Schmidt says the internet will solve global warming's 'fact problem'

While Google leverages its phones and web services in the mundane service of advertising, executive chairman Eric Schmidt gives an almost mythological vision of the company's place in history. To Schmidt, Google's projects aren't merely new economic opportunities -- they're solving the greatest problems mankind faces today, from acid attacks in Pakistan to medical care in Kenya. And in a short speech at Google's "How green is the internet?" summit, Schmidt offered a utopian take on technological...