Google squashes the “Black Google” meme- sites like Blackle use MORE energy

Google has weighed in on the whole Black Google meme (the idea that a black google home page uses less energy than a white page) and the news is not good for sites like Blackle. According to Goggle’s green energy czar, a black screen on flatscreen panels actually use more energy than a white page. Add in the fact that flat screen panels already make up 75% of the market and growing and you have a big ol’ deflated green tech myth.

You should be doing your searching through our Google dealie anyways- we kick a portion of our profits every week to buying wind credits, preserving rain forest, and making micro-loans to third world entrepreneurs. Bookmark that baby!

via Environmental Leader

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