Sunday, January 11, 2009

Environmental impact of using the net

Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches
Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross says that performing two Google searches uses up as much energy as boiling the kettle for a cup of tea
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5489134.ece

Even twitting has an environmental impact so you might want to think twice about twitting such trivial stuff as “I am sitting on the couch watching TV”. It goes to show you how bored and narcissistic people have become when they think the world should know the mundane details of their lives.

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2 comments:

zyriana.com said...

Oh goodness I haven't been blog hopping in such a LONG time! Your blog looks fantastic!

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Way to go! ;) Thanks for commenting on my site... missed ya!

Sapphire said...

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