Submitted by WhitesCreek on Fri, 2007/07/27 - 2:48pm.
My largest friend sent me this. I'n not sure I totally buy into it yet but what the heck...it matches my WhitesCreek blog site:
"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."
Submitted by Socialist With ... on Fri, 2007/07/27 - 3:11pm.
That might save some energy in the short term, but it's nowhere near the energy consumed by everyone having to drive to the eye doctor after they've been blinded by white text on a black screen.
;-)
(Sorry, Steve.)
--Socialist With A Gold Card
"I'm a socialist with a gold card. I firmly believe we need a revolution; I'm just concerned that I won't be able to get good moisturizer afterwards." -- Brett Butler
Submitted by Janelle Binion (not verified) on Wed, 2008/05/21 - 2:50pm.
Blackle frakkin rocks! I <3 it and use it everyday! Just goes 2 show u there r smart teenagers out there who care bout the environment! Plz use it!!!!
<3Janelle
That might save some energy in the short term, but it's nowhere near the energy consumed by everyone having to drive to the eye doctor after they've been blinded by white text on a black screen.
;-)
(Sorry, Steve.)
--Socialist With A Gold Card
"I'm a socialist with a gold card. I firmly believe we need a revolution; I'm just concerned that I won't be able to get good moisturizer afterwards." -- Brett Butler
energy consumed by everyone having to drive to the eye doctor after they've been blinded by white text on a black screen
I have to agree with Socialist.
(Sorry, Steve.;-)
...bizgrrl.
(Sorry, Steve.;-)
(I'm ready for my perfected OLED monitor, though.)
This consensus thing is going the wrong way, somehow...And when I "Blackled" Knoxviews to try it out...It asked me if I meant "Knoxnews."
How bad is that?
I like using the Carbon Neutral Search Engine it uses Google Custom Search but offsets a minimum of 100g of CO2 per search
Blackle frakkin rocks! I <3 it and use it everyday! Just goes 2 show u there r smart teenagers out there who care bout the environment! Plz use it!!!!
<3Janelle
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