techcrunch.com — Yesterday an article in The Times of London set the web abuzz over new findings that every Google search contributed 7 grams of CO2 to the atmosphere - half the amount produced when heating a tea kettle (heaven forbid!). I criticized the article for being overly alarmist, with a lack of perspective and possible bias. Google also responded...
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asdfgafawer3Jan 13, 2009
I don't understand, it's not even a good lie. Tea Kettles?
btone911Jan 13, 2009
Ya, but how many grams does it take to run the computer you're searching from.
Closed AccountJan 13, 2009
That always gets me too, the whole "buy carbon offset credits".Sounds like a sham business. Who is to say they will truly invest all that money back into saving the environment? Also worth mentioning is that a portion (I bet a large portion) of the money used to buy carbon offset credits goes to payroll and PR.I thought the real idea behind carbon offset credits was that each company would have a set number of them and they could sell some of theirs to other companies or buy from other companies that didn't need as many.At any rate, Carbon Offset Credit is the new Pet Rock.
picturestormJan 13, 2009
Or read it and make up your own mind.
Closed AccountJan 13, 2009
Google hates black puppets
idbarJan 13, 2009
Probably, not that much, since apparently they made stories up so they don't have to travel far and consume that many resources! Very eco-friendly!
gandhiiJan 14, 2009
the bush's... the bankers..
therealpilchardJan 14, 2009
That's it, I'm going to sue the Telegraph.