Saving Energy With Black Google
May 9th, 2008 by sherlock Hit :: 577
Did you know about Blackle?
Blackle is Black version of Google for saving energy, that have a Google search box on a black background with light text. The site is intended to allow environmentally conscious Internet users to save a little electricity while they surf. The concept is based on findings that suggest that some computer monitors use more energy to display a white or light coloured screen than they do to display a black or dark coloured screen.
it said 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
On Mark Ontkush blog, entitled: “Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year”. He said, 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.
Source :: http://www.smiling-dolphin.com/