This is all concerning how to save the planet, which I find quite necessary considering the planet is not in top shape anymore.
I came across Blackle a few months ago in an article in a newspaper, or e-zine, or magazine, or chronicle, or website, or telepathy, or osmosis or something of the sorts, I can’t really remember now. Anyway, I was made aware that a white screen uses more power(energy) than a black screen does. Considering that Google is used millions of times a day, some clever person decided to make Google black, in order to save a bit of energy.Very clever!
While you may not be sure how this will save the planet, I think every bit of energy saved helps. Considering our computers run off electricity, which is in most cases made by burning coal, we need to save energy and save the planet.
I used to have my homepage set to a news website, but realised this was pointless. I open my internet browser countless times a day, and don’t need a news service loading each time I do. I only check the news once a day anyway, so it was pointless. Also, it was probably using up a lot of bandwidth which is stupid as well. Now that I have it set to Blackle, it loads quicker, uses less energy, and having Blackle load up each time reminds me of our need to save energy and the planet.
I’m quite intrigued by all the measures these days used to save, and create energy such as wind power, solar power, hybrid cars and bio-fuels. Although some people say bio-fuels use just as much energy planting and harvesting the corn or whatever they use. But people are also using old cooking oil and turning it into fuel for their cars which is quite sneaky!
Imagine Nandos and KFC powering your car, that’s hectic. Anyway, I’m not a professional at all of this but you can check out this site for some more useful information:
Also go to the Blackle homepage, click on the “About” section and have a little read. Also set it as your hompage and spread the word. The only problem is that Blackle is a basic Google search, and does not include an image search etc. But it’s still good to use as a homepage.
Wicked.
Sean Lloyd
Editor
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