Google's greener (well, blacker, really) version

asea

You can all do your bit…..see below!!



When your screen is white - an empty word page, or the Google page, your computer consumes 74 watts, and when its black it consumes only 59 watts. Mark Ontkush wrote an article about the energy saving that would be achieved if Google had a black screen, taking in account the huge number of page views, according to his calculations, 750 mega watts/hour per year would be saved.

In a response to this article Google created a black version of its search engine, called Blackle, with the exact same functions as the white version, but with a lower energy consumption, check it out.


www.blackle.com <http://www.blackle.com/&gt;

Use this site as your search engine and do your bit for the planet

tr3mor

asea wrote: »

In a response to this article Google created a black version of itssearch engine, called Blackle

I don't think Google created this. It's some guy using the google custom search. Because of this it doesn't have any of the other google functions either. And you can't specify to search in the UK.

Seems a bit daft to me really!

ellybelly89

daft and not easy on the eye. oww that hurt!

Smeep

Hmm, do you have a link to the study?

I'd much rather wait till google released a real version.

ailuro2

But if it was true, and tbh it does seem to make sense, then think how much electricity could be saved?

ok, so this version doesn't look so good, but perhaps something in between - at least it's thinking along 'green lines'

penrhyn

This sounds very dubious to me, it might apply to CRT screens but with an LCD the backlight stays on no matter what is being displayed.
I'm also amazed that the OP knows exactly how many watts my PC consumes.

jamesa007

lets figure this out?? everytime someone searches using this site and clicks a link google pay out. through adwords campaign.

So effictively this guy is making everyone believe the facts and then making a quick $$.

Avoid if i were you.

Rgds

Jim

Smeep

I know, I wish I'd thought of it.

Testee

Some interesting detail on this in wikipedia:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackle.com

miss_corerupted

google has made their own for uk as well

blackgoogle.co.uk (can't do links sorry)

arkonite_babe

http://www.blackgoogle.co.uk

for anyone wanting a quick click link