Tools: Google promotes energy efficiency

[Geoff Hart <ghart -at- videotron -dot- ca>]

Thought this might be of interest to ecologically conscious folks:  
http://blackle.com/
Basically, it's a "white text on black background" version of Google,  
and nominally works on the philosophy that displaying a black  
background consumes less energy than displaying white. Makes logical  
sense, and there seems to be a literature ciation from a reputable  
source (ironically, black text on a white background <g>) that  
supports this.

Of course, I've also read that Google has a somewhat checkered  
environmental record because of the huge amounts of power consumed  
and waste heat generated by their computer facilities. But as they  
note, every little bit helps, and they are working on their energy  
consumption problems.

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