Crap i get in my mail

Blackle is nothing but a black version of google.

"A few months ago, TreeHugger Mark Ontkush wrote a post on his blog
EcoIron titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year. The
post lays out the following train of thought. "An all white web page
uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59
watts." Google, which has a white background and gets about "200 million
queries a day" could reduce global energy use by 750 Megawatt-hours a
year by simply changing the color of its homepage to black.
In response to this post a black version of Google emerged called
Blackle.com. According to Blackle's homepage at publication time,
4,408.917 Watt hours have been saved by . Nice ideas. But how does the
search measure up? Very well indeed. Give it a whirl yourself and start
saving energy one search at a time. :: Blackle.com: 1
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Wow. I seem to remember some quote quote in this regard. "68% of all statistics are made up...including this one." I think it was Scott Adams.

Anyway, even if the statistics were right, there are a lot of things that could save a considerable amount of power. I don't know, something like using CFL lamps or switching off electrical appliances when it isn't used (it can be as simple as swithching off the fan or light). These and more could save much more power than using 'black version' of Google.

Fun Fact: My wikipedia search for CFL redirected to the wiki page on the Canadian Football League.