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Save the environment using Blackle? Or does it?

Filed in archive Environment on August 1, 2007

Save the environment using Blackle? Or does it?
A new search engine on the block? Try Blackle. What do you notice about the screen color in Blackle? Yes of course it is black.

So why is this new search engine background color black?

Evidently a "black Google" is reported to save 750 megawatt hours a year worldwide. Yes, that is right - "energy saving search".

This is called into dispute. Darren Yates testing the Blackle claim of saving energy through having a black background found that there was little power to be saved from a black background. The main savings, if any, were found to be when viewing a Blackle screen using CRT monitor rather than the newer LCD screens. Darren Yates calls into question whether an energy savings can be obtained by displaying a black background.

If you want a plain old black screen, just like Google has the plain old white background, then Blackle might just be the way to go.

Essentially, Blackle is a Google search with a black background. Checkout the results of a Google Search of "tech without wires" and a Blackle search of "Tech Without Wires". Similar results.

But also notice the little logo off to the right "Google Custom Search". So what we have is a Google custom search presented to us with a black background.

Is all of this environment "stuff" going to make you search via Blackle? For me, it is all a bit far fetched to think of saving the environment in this way.

Thumbs up for having a go, guys!

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