telegraph.co.uk— Making two internet searches through Google produces about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle, it has been estimated.
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It can't possibly be right.Google does 91 million searches per day which (according to the above) would cause 318,500 kg of carbon dioxide emissions. Using the dirtiest coal power plants produces about 900 grams of CO2 per kWh generated so the minimum power needed for Google to produce that much carbon dioxide would be 353,888 kWh per day, or 129,169,120 kWh per year.Considering that the USA alone produces 4,052,900,000,000 kWh of coal power per year, then Google could only be responsible for, at most, errrrr.......... one forty-thousandth of that. So this whole piece of 'research' is utter bollocks.<a class="user" href="http://searchenginewatch.com/2156461">http://searchenginewatch.com/2156461</a><a class="user" href="http://www.coinalbum.org/page-us-historic-electricity-463.html">http://www.coinalbum.org/page-us-historic-electric ...</a>
www.solargle.com runs on 130% wind powered servers (i.e they replace 1.3x the energy they use) and gives the same results as google search. so maybe make a trip there then
Closed AccountJan 11, 2009
What a load of crap. The systems in use would be running whether we made a search or not.
farfromhereJan 12, 2009
English isn't your native language, is it?
panda88Jan 12, 2009
CO2 is good for the earth, everyone perform as many google searches as you want. Using energy is a whole other matter but anyway. <a class="user" href="http://digg.com/environment/THE_GLOBAL_WARMING_MYTH_5">http://digg.com/environment/THE_GLOBAL_WARMING_MYT ...</a>
jackabillyJan 12, 2009
bs
cynicaltylerJan 12, 2009
@EtherGnat: "Actually, yes: but..."...douche.
cokesniffersJan 13, 2009
Yes, the same big bad CO2 that Scientific study has shown to be beneficial for plants of all kinds to thrive on Earth.Give me a break.
ruben018199Jan 13, 2009
Read more on this story via the blog Climateinprogress.org: The leading blog on climate change and global warming<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/environment/Ignore_the_hype_and_keep_Googling_it_won_t_kill_the_planet">http://digg.com/environment/Ignore_the_hype_and_ke ...</a>
satyarthJan 13, 2009
Now because of:<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/tech_news/Revealed_The_Times_Made_Up_That_Stuff_About_Google">http://digg.com/tech_news/Revealed_The_Times_Made_ ...</a> ,Everyone is digging you up. :)
number1badboyJan 15, 2009
It can't possibly be right.Google does 91 million searches per day which (according to the above) would cause 318,500 kg of carbon dioxide emissions. Using the dirtiest coal power plants produces about 900 grams of CO2 per kWh generated so the minimum power needed for Google to produce that much carbon dioxide would be 353,888 kWh per day, or 129,169,120 kWh per year.Considering that the USA alone produces 4,052,900,000,000 kWh of coal power per year, then Google could only be responsible for, at most, errrrr.......... one forty-thousandth of that. So this whole piece of 'research' is utter bollocks.<a class="user" href="http://searchenginewatch.com/2156461">http://searchenginewatch.com/2156461</a><a class="user" href="http://www.coinalbum.org/page-us-historic-electricity-463.html">http://www.coinalbum.org/page-us-historic-electric ...</a>
Closed AccountJan 16, 2009
I already s**t outside, what else do you want me to do, use yahoo? f**k you.
wedgemichaelsJul 31, 2009
www.solargle.com runs on 130% wind powered servers (i.e they replace 1.3x the energy they use) and gives the same results as google search. so maybe make a trip there then