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“How is Blackle saving energy?
Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy. Blackle searches are powered by Google Custom Search.
Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. “Image displayed is primarily a function of the user’s color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen.” Roberson et al, 2002
In January 2007 a blog post titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year proposed the theory that a black version of the Google search engine would save a fair bit of energy due to the popularity of the search engine. Since then there has been skepticism about the significance of the energy savings that can be achieved and the cost in terms of readability of black web pages.
We believe that there is value in the concept because even if the energy savings are small, they all add up. Secondly we feel that seeing Blackle every time we load our web browser reminds us that we need to keep taking small steps to save energy.
How can you help?
We encourage you to set Blackle as your home page ( set ). This way every time you load your Internet browser you will save a little bit of energy. Remember every bit counts! You will also be reminded about the need to save energy each time you see the Blackle page load.
Help us spread the word about Blackle by telling your friends and family to set it as their home page. If you have a blog then give us a mention. Or put the following text in your email signature: “Blackle.com – Saving energy one search at a time”.
Have a look at our energy saving tips page for ideas on steps you can take to save energy.
There are a lot of great web sites about saving energy and being more environmentally friendly. They are full of great tips covering the little things that we can all do to make a difference today. Try Blackling “energy saving tips” or visit treehugger.com a great blog dedicated to environmental awareness.”ahh bless, and coming from a country that still refuses to drive anything less than a 5.0 litre car to go 55Mph. I bet the CEO of Google jumps into a nippy smart car to get home.
i was chatting to some guy who works for google the other night, he was telling me that there are a few things in the pipeline concerning google and the enviroment which should be going mainstream within the next couple of years, some within the next 6 months or so……….apparently google employees have this game they play which involves each employee being responsible for an area around where they live and their job is to keep it clean; a before and after pic is taken using the google earth technology and the employee with the best clean up rate probably wins a mars bar or summat……anyhows, the idea is sound and it could be rolled out to schools with the children playing an active part in cleaning up their communities.
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the children playing an active part in cleaning up their communities.
You mean like deathwish and the like ?
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apparently google execs all drive hybrid cars and recently won an awared for the most green management team or someit… however, they apparently have a number of hospitality jets.. go figure.
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