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Blackle Saves Energy for Google Users
I didn’t do this improvement…my son just discovered it and sent the link to me.
We have a problem of energy usage; specifically, the power utilized by millions of computer monitors every day.
Some folks put up a site blackle.com . It uses the Google search engine and puts it on an all-black background. They state that a monitor uses less energy when using black than when using white or a light colored background.
It saves a little energy on any monitor using it. Given the millions of monitors out there, a small saving on each one adds up. It also is a visual reminder to conserve energy.
It is also a wonderful example of a small change for the better.
Cool idea, a couple of possible weakening ideas though.
First is that many people have LCD screens now, where the bulb is on regardless of the color.
August 16th, 2007 at 11:19 pmSecond is that it would be easier to use something like greasemonkey for Mozilla Firefox to change the way the actual Google page is displayed to you than have to go through some third party.
There are around 25 different versions of “black google” online. The best one I’ve found is www.cleanblack.com. Cleanblack is the only version that allows you to change the text colors of the google search results. Try it yourself by going to www.cleanblack.com/theme/
August 19th, 2008 at 2:54 am