Google versus a brew | Whitespace blog
Tea anyone?
Following on from Phil's entry below we've got an even more interesting fact. Did you know that 2 Google searches done from your desktop can generate the same amount of CO2 as boiling a kettle?
The emissions are caused by the electricity required to power our computers and for our computers to send their requests around the world. The more serious side to this of course is the little known environmental impact of computer and internet use. With more than 200 million internet searches estimated daily, the electricity consumption and greenhouse gas emissions caused by computers and the internet are provoking concern.
Alex Wissner-Gross, the physicist leading this research believes that while Google is efficient they do have a definite impact on the environment. Google claim this is exagerated and they are at the forefront of green computing.
All very interesting. Cuppa anyone?
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