A few days ago, I was surfing on web when I found a "strange" search engine. It was an "Ecologic Search Engine", but...what is this?
According with the description provided by the author, by using a dark background and a light font colors, our devices (PC, cellphone, PDA, etc) monitors consume less energy than popular search engines.
The ecologic search engines that I've visited are using the google engine, so they are as efficient as google. They are:
According to http://envirostats.info/ stats:
If Google’s search engine website changed its background from white to black, about 750 MWh could be saved a year, or 529 tonnes of CO2 or taking 101 cars off the road.
The numbers are really impressive!
Maybe the "Internet Giant" can consider changing a few color codes, saving of this way a lot of energy, a lot of money and contributing to a better world.
1 comment:
The reason why Google probably isn't considering a change in its color codes is that these ecological search engines may not be so eco-friendly after all...
For a Portuguese approach to this subject, check http://vamos.mudaromundo.com/2007/12/21/google-zero/
For information in English, visit Techlogg, for hands-on tests (http://techlogg.com/content/view/360/1/) and for energy saving suggestions (http://techlogg.com/content/view/367/)
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