Use Blackle.com!

phatima · December 8, 2007, 7:56pm

"A few months ago, TreeHugger Mark Ontkush wrote a post on his blog EcoIron titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year. The post lays out the following train of thought. “An all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts.” Google, which has a white background and gets about “200 million queries a day” could reduce global energy use by 750 Megawatt-hours a year by simply changing the color of its homepage to black. (For more detailed calculations and assumptions check out the original post here)

In response to this post a black version of Google emerged called Blackle.com. According to Blackle’s homepage at publication time, 4,408.917 Watt hours have been saved by. The site encourages users to “make a difference today [by] … Blackling “energy saving tips” or visit[ing] treehugger.com a great blog dedicated to environmental awareness.” Nice ideas. But how does the search measure up? Very well indeed. Give it a whirl yourself and start saving energy one search at a time."

source: www.treehugger.com

www.blackle.com

It’s the exact same search engine (Google), but Blackle could save 750 Megawatt-hours a year! Spread the word. (345,334.793 Watt hours saved currently saved)

Peace, man.

teggy · December 8, 2007, 7:57pm

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thanks

Hyperactive · December 8, 2007, 9:12pm

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Google is growing to big for comfort anyway...Not to mention some spying in their free software...

And I am already a black sheep of the family...

So, that makes me a blackling...

Blackle, here I go...

Damn, it is Google...

Oh well, anything for the environment...

zobia · December 8, 2007, 9:15pm

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^ “some” is very a lill word there

phatima · December 8, 2007, 9:30pm

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Damn, I just read somewhere that the exact opposite is true for LCD monitors meaning you save more if you use a white screen.

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The idea that your monitor uses the least power with a black background is only true for CRTs, where the colour of a pixel is determined by phosphors lighting up when hit by an electron gun. The OPPOSITE is true for LCD monitors. White, or a shade very close to white, is the least power-consuming color on backlit LCDs, because the crystal diodes, in their neutral, zero voltage state, let all the light from the backlight through. The darker a pixel's color, the more the crystal molecule at that pixel has to twist to refract the light, and at black it has to let none of the light through, which requires maximum voltage. An all-black screen is by far the worst power-draw on an LCD monitor.
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So Blackle only saves energy if you have a CRT monitor.

Bummer. =\

NEVERMIND: DON'T USE BLACKLE.COM!