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With the onset of global warming and its detrimental effects, we can all take part in saving our world – even if the steps are small. What better way is there to help than to make something we do virtually everyday more environmentally-friendly?
A post by Mark Ontkush on ecoiron.blogspot.com – “Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year” – stated this:
“Take a 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 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.”
We have seen other search engines out there that are energy aware and we applaud them. We would also like to lend a hand in getting people to save energy. In addition, we have added some functionalities that are not found in the marketplace, to make it easier to switch to a black “energy aware” search.
Do your part in saving the world and save a bit of energy every time you do a search.
What's Next?
Set SaveandSearch as your homepage so that every time you load your internet browser or perform a search, you will save a bit of energy. Keep an eye on our watt-saving energy counter and watch how much you contribute!
Also, help spread SaveandSearch’s message by telling/emailing all your friends and encouraging them to set SaveandSearch as their homepage as well. Or, put the following text in your email signature: “SaveandSearch: Save Energy while you Search!”