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LoganSnake 11-28-2007 06:37 PM
Blackle: Saving Energy One Click At A Time
 
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How is Blackle saving energy?

Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy. Blackle searches are powered by Google Custom Search.

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

In January 2007 a blog post titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year proposed the theory that a 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.

We believe that there is value in the concept because even if the energy savings are small, they all add up. Secondly we feel that seeing Blackle every time we load our web browser reminds us that we need to keep taking small steps to save energy.
www.blackle.com
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I just saved energy by switching to black Google!

Hain 11-28-2007 11:14 PM
Actually ... if you are using an LCD monitor ... you kinda use more energy :(
CRT monitor works fine... but how many of us have one of those nowadays?

LoganSnake 11-29-2007 08:04 AM
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Originally Posted by Augi
Actually ... if you are using an LCD monitor ... you kinda use more energy :(
CRT monitor works fine... but how many of us have one of those nowadays?
Yo.

bobby 11-29-2007 06:17 PM
just unpluged my crt ( an old back up 13 inch) an started up my new 19 inch flat panel.....am I bad?........xoxoxoo

shakran 11-29-2007 06:24 PM
I run 2 19" CRT's myself. I just like the display better than LCD.

Plan9 11-29-2007 06:49 PM
It was also found that Blackle can dance better than regular Google.

...

I couldn't help it.

Amaras 12-05-2007 07:28 AM
Crompsin, you are very, very bad.
Right, but bad.

jewels 12-05-2007 10:48 AM
From Wikipedia:

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The creators of Blackle have been criticised for lack of clarity regarding the type, size and manufacturer of monitor that the power usage claims refer to. One critic, a technology journalist who reviews computer hardware, tested 4 cathode ray tube (CRT) monitors and 23 liquid crystal display (LCD) monitors, and found that power was saved by the CRT monitors, but was less than that claimed by the blog post that inspired Blackle. The LCD monitors tested showed increased power use in the majority of cases, although most of the larger (24 inch) monitors did use less power displaying a black screen.
Hmmmmm. I don't think I'll be switching anytime soon.

tooth 12-05-2007 11:05 AM
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Originally Posted by LoganSnake
www.blackle.com
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I just saved energy by switching to black Google!
You can't call it "Black Google".

LoganSnake 12-05-2007 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by tooth
You can't call it "Black Google".
So what would be a politically correct term then, pray tell?

tooth 12-05-2007 12:26 PM
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Originally Posted by LoganSnake
So what would be a politically correct term then, pray tell?
Obviously, the absurdity of my comment was lost on you.

LoganSnake 12-05-2007 12:34 PM
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Originally Posted by tooth
Obviously, the absurdity of my comment was lost on you.
I wasn't being serious either...

Baraka_Guru 12-05-2007 06:14 PM
According to Blackle's usage stats, users have saved enough energy to run a single refrigerator for a month and a half.

Hooray!

tooth 12-06-2007 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by LoganSnake
I wasn't being serious either...
Fair enough :D

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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
According to Blackle's usage stats, users have saved enough energy to run a single refrigerator for a month and a half.

Hooray!
Now we can keep the beer cold.

MSD 12-08-2007 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
According to Blackle's usage stats, users have saved enough energy to run a single refrigerator for a month and a half.

Hooray!
Unfortunately, that energy is used to calculate the statistics in realtime.
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Originally Posted by Augi
Actually ... if you are using an LCD monitor ... you kinda use more energy :(
CRT monitor works fine... but how many of us have one of those nowadays?
Why does it have to be either/or?


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