Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year

Filed Under: Internet    by: Ritesh

A black version of google is called Blackle.

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.

And this is how Blackle emerged. According to Blackle’s homepage at publication time, 4,408.917 Watt hours have been saved by. 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. :: Blackle.com

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3 Responses to “Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year”

  1. Diana Says:

    I’ve got an email from a friend telling me about this black Google, but what he mentioned was Blaxel.com….. http://www.blaxel.com

    I prefer blaxel since their search result is more white than Blackle’s… easier for my eye.

  2. Ritesh Says:

    @Diana - If you notice, both Blackle & Blaxel look pretty much the same.

  3. blackle Says:

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