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 Post subject: Black google site to save energy
PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:41 pm 
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An all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts. I thought I would do a little math and see what could be saved by moving a high volume site to the black format.

Take at look at Google, who gets about 200 million queries a day. Let's assume each query is displayed for about 10 seconds; that means Google is running for about 550,000 hours every day on some desktop. Assuming that users run Google in full screen mode, the shift to a black background [on a CRT monitor! mjo] will save a total of 15 (74-59) watts. That turns into a global savings of 8.3 Megawatt-hours per day, or about 3000 Megawatt-hours a year. Now take into account that about 25 percent of the monitors in the world are CRTs, and at 10 cents a kilowatt-hour, that's $75,000, a goodly amount of energy and dollars for changing a few color codes.

Therefore Bloogle is an effort to save this energy by using the exact same search engine powered by google but using a black background. Thus using this Black google helps save energy in this time of energy scarcity.

Please use Bloogle as your home page and help promote the site to make the world a greener place for everyone.

Site : http://www.bloogle1.com
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 Post subject: Re: Black google site to save energy
PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:56 pm 
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Most modern screens actually use less energy displaying a white screen, however, for those people with older screens, it is better to ues this site. I hate looking at black screens though, makes me feel emo, lol.


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PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 5:57 pm 
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sorry, but as soon as i went there a HUGE WHITE AD came up.

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http://www.ninja.com is better anyways + total black.

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 Post subject: Re: Black google site to save energy
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lol... Because this will make a differance.
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 Post subject: Re: Black google site to save energy
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 Post subject: Re: Black google site to save energy
PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:42 pm 
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well i guess when sm1s doin smthin good, jus support it instead of bein cynical bout it

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this is retarded do you realize i use google for 2 seconds, i type something and i am on another website, not to mention that the nergy efficient part fails

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Once you go black, you realise its just a gimmick, and you immediately return to white.

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 Post subject: Re: Black google site to save energy
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This was already posted some time ago

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 Post subject: Re: Black google site to save energy
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I like my google whiter than white, sorry.

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PostPosted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 11:58 pm 
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i wont stray form good old fashion http://www.google.com

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The pr0n isn't as good, especially with no bloogle images.


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 Post subject: Re: Black google site to save energy
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I can't believe how idiotic you guys are... beyond those who remembered we had a thread about this already.

Black Google = White Google AKA NO CHANGE IN POWER CONSUMPTION!

The pixels are still on, no matter the color, so there is absolutely no difference.

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Nantosh wrote:
I can't believe how idiotic you guys are... beyond those who remembered we had a thread about this already.

Black Google = White Google AKA NO CHANGE IN POWER CONSUMPTION!

The pixels are still on, no matter the color, so there is absolutely no difference.

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there is a difference in CRT monitors, which are those chunky old school ones from back in the late 90s.

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MrFudge wrote:
Nantosh wrote:
I can't believe how idiotic you guys are... beyond those who remembered we had a thread about this already.

Black Google = White Google AKA NO CHANGE IN POWER CONSUMPTION!

The pixels are still on, no matter the color, so there is absolutely no difference.

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there is a difference in CRT monitors, which are those chunky old school ones from back in the late 90s.


Hmm, really?
I guess Google could be wrong.
I got my info from their developers so...

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 Post subject: Re: Black google site to save energy
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Lol @ black wannabe googles.

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We already went over this a couple times -_-

CRT consumes less energy displaying black, LCD consumes less displaying white; considering I don't know anyone personally who owns a CRT anymore, when generalizing it would be considered that using a black google wastes energy.

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I think someone posted this topic last may.

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I think someone posted this topic last may.


Don't worry, they did.

My proof, and what I'll continue to believe.

Your proof.

Edit - Forgot, but it's just linking you to proof on mine and Dom's statements.
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 Post subject: Re: Black google site to save energy
PostPosted: Tue Jun 17, 2008 12:39 pm 
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Most modern screens actually use less energy displaying a white screen, however, for those people with older screens, it is better to ues this site. I hate looking at black screens though, makes me feel emo, lol.

+1..
it even doesnt has picture display

i knew this site before btw...

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I use a CRT. >_>. And I also have a graphics card that doesn't support 2.0 pixel shading...SO WHAT!? >_>... <_<... >_>... <_<... ( :( )


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So use Bloogle... it saves loads of pwr for crt monitors

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I use a CRT. >_>. And I also have a graphics card that doesn't support 2.0 pixel shading...SO WHAT!? >_>... <_<... >_>... <_<... ( :( )


Stuck in the past?

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Draquish wrote:
I use a CRT. >_>. And I also have a graphics card that doesn't support 2.0 pixel shading...SO WHAT!? >_>... <_<... >_>... <_<... ( :( )


Stuck in the past?


Or third world country.

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Lol @ black wannabe googles.

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it will if people start going there instead of google

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