Energy Saving - while you are searching through Google

 

What is the best way to save energy while you are searching through Google?
With Blackle you can save 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.”

“Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year” the black version of the Google search engine would save a fair bit of energy due to the popularity of the search engine. Since then there has been skepticism about the significance of the energy savings that can be achieved and the cost in terms of readability of black web pages.

Link & Image: Blackle

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