Created by Heap Media, ‘Black Google’ or Blackle is a search engine that is powered by Google. Blackle saves energy because, unlike Google, the screen is predominantly black.
A computer’s monitor apparently requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen.
The black version of the Google search engine is hoping to save a fair bit of energy due to the popularity of the search engine.
The energy savings may not be very significant (but yes, every bit counts) and the legibility of black Web pages is definitely an issue. However, the creators of Blackle need to be applauded for thinking beyond recycling paper and plastics.
http://www.blackle.com/
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Hi! Have you heard of Ecosia? It is an eco-friendly Internet search engine backed by Yahoo and Bing. It basically works like any other search engine but, unlike others, Ecosia gives at least 80% of its advertising revenue to a rainforest protection program run by the WWF.
ReplyDeleteBecause of this, Ecosia users can save about two square meters of rainforest with every search they do – without paying anything. Furthermore, all Ecosia servers run on green electricity, so they do not cause any CO2 emissions. Check it out at www.ecosia.org!
Hi heard of Ecosia and in fact i dedicated i post to it; have a look at it on the blog as it had quite a few comments. I don't think is very popular though, is there any stats?
ReplyDeleteThere's a black Google for mobile phones too at http://bGoog.com that extends your battery life and uses less data so your bills are cheaper!
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