Blackle-an energy efficient version of google

Welcome Blackle to your PCs!!

Here's an energy efficient search engine which doesn't compromise on functionality, and at the same time, makes you aware of the amount of energy you save each time you use it.

Blackle was created by heap media  to remind us about the significance of 'small' steps we can take to save energy in a 'big' way. It's searches are powered by Google custom search.

If you were wondering about how Blackle saves energy, then here is how it goes about it:

The screen is predominantly black when one uses Blackle. It's a proven fact that image displayed is primarily a function of the user's colour settings and desktop graphics and also the size of open application windows. A given monitor requires more energy to display a white (or light) screen than a black(or dark)one.

In January 2007, a blog post titled 'Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-Hours a year' proposed the theory that a black version of Google would save a fair bit of energy owing to the popularity of the search engine. Since then there has been skepticism about the significance of energy savings that can be achieved and cost in terms of readability of black web pages.

What do we make of all this?

A moment's thought reveals that there is value in this concept because it is firmly rooted on the philosophy that even small steps taken to save energy add up over time and this goes a long way in fulfilling our social responsibility and moral obligation towards saving our planet, for it saves us!

So friends, let's switch to Blackle and help save energy for a better tomorrow!