Do Your Part: Use Blackle, Not Google
Apparently having a large white background consumes more power as your computer needs energy to light up every single dot (pixel) on your screen. Here’s a new site called Blackle that effectively restyles google so that you can get the same power and be more energy efficient.
A UK version exists as well for all those out there. Save some watt hours now!
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is this for real? i always thought it was just a joke! oops
Check out this link to find out more about this.
Except that, in practice, it doesn’t work. It does have a small effect on CRT monitors, but on LCD monitors it actually uses slightly more power.
http://techlogg.com/content/view/360/31/
Thanks for posting this – I heard about it recently, but didn’t know the name of site. So is Blackle not connected with Google?
so, you are using a white backround why….?!