9.11.2009

Go Green: Black Out

If you're even a tad bit observant, you've probably noticed that the background of our blog is black. Computer screens require less energy to display black than white or other colors, so the more black, the better.

Earlier this year, Google had a little freak out when scientists claimed that 2 google searches use up enough energy to boil a cup of tea. The study has since been proved totally false (about 80-100 searches = 1 cup of tea), but a) it sounds cool and b) it made British people feel awesome about themselves, so it's all good.


But seriously, every small step counts. That's why we GOAT people have (kinda) forsaken Google for blackle. It's a search engine just like Google but the background color is black, not white.
Blackle is still not the greatest for finding images, videos, or news, so use the Google toolbar once you're in the middle of your internet session. But set blackle as your homepage so that idle minutes aren't sucking up the world's resources.

1 comment:

  1. SUPER SORRY TO TELL YOU THIS BUT BLACKLE'S NOT ECO-FRIENDLY. ON AN LCD SCREEN, IT TAKES MORE ENERGY TO USE A BLACK BACKGROUND THAN A WHITE BACKGROUND CAUSE WHITE IS ALREADY THE BACKGROUND COLOR. BLACK INVOLVES CREATING A FILTER. GOTTA CHANGE THE BACKGROUND COLOR :S

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