From the Are You Serious? Pile

[girliejones]

IF you want to help save the planet from carbon carnage, cut your Google searches, scientists say

Comments

[girliejones]

Honestly! *shakes head*

[battblush]

The article seems very environmentally friendly to me. It's made with 100% manure.

[punktortoise]

I'm sure those energy-consumption figures could be checked. There's bound to be discussion on the net about it, and there's an obvious way to tap into that ...

[girliejones]

Heh. Nooooooooooo no google!!!!!!1

[punktortoise]

So if we're to restrict our google usage, does this mean we should avoid repetition of google searches by generating hard-copies each time we run one?

[girliejones]

Heh.

[nyssa_p]

"a typical search generates about 7g of CO2. Boiling a kettle generates about 15g. "

Cut Googling AND coffee? NOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

Sometimes I wonder for the rationality of these people. If we got rid of the cows and pretty much all technology, I'm sure it would be better for the environment, but how likely is that?
What is their goal exactly? This is something that confuses me a little.

[punktortoise]

"If we got rid of all the cows ..."

Now *I'm* confused. Do cows google?

[girliejones]

No, they fart.

[punktortoise]

True. But maybe, after this latest news, it's a moot point as to whether more CO2 is released by cows, or by people researching the topic of bovine flatulence rates on the internet ...

[girliejones]

ha!

[jonquil]

The numbers are bullshit. See the official Google blog.

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/powering-google-search.html