Ecologic Search Engines...a fake?

In the previous post, I talked about a "new generation" of search engines: Ecologic Search Engines. However, after a quickly search on the web (thanks to Luis Humberto Teixeira) I found that the numbers showed by these search engines are not true.

A recent study by Darren Yates where it was concluded that the power consumption announced by these sites is exaggerated, i.e. on CRT monitors actually there is a reduction of power consumption, but only reached the level indicated with an older monitor.

On the case of LCD monitors, they said:

The most interesting aspect we found was that of the LCD monitors we tested of size 22-inches or less, all showed an increase in power consumption using Blackle. Beyond the 22-inch mark however, five of the six models showed a fractional decrease in power consumption when using Blackle, except the ViewSonic VX2835wm, which showed a 2.2-watt increase.

For the five that dropped their power consumption, the average drop was 3.16-watts, again, not the 15-watts being suggested.

To a more detailed overview of this study check Darren Yates's website. You will find a detailed table with all monitors used and their consumption using Google and Blackle.

I'm thinking about write a scientifical paper about this, but first I need to get some monitors :). Thanks again to Luis.