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>Whenever your PC screen is all white (as in a Word page for instance)
>the computer will consume about 74 watts. When black it uses an average
>of 59 watts.
>
>Using this knowledge, some months ago, Mark Ontkush wrote an article
>about how much could be economised if a Google page used a black
>background instead of white.
>
>Taking into account the enormous popularity of the site, according to
>Mark's calculations, about 750 megawatts/hour would be economized each
>year.
>
>Using this data Google created an all dark version of his search engine
>calling it "Blackle". It works exactly the same as the original Google
>but consumes less power!
>
>* Use Blackle in future for our future http://www.blackle.com/
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>
>If you do not have internet access at work try using Blackle at home.
Ken