Two Google Searches Produce As Much Carbon Dioxide As Boiling Kettle
Written by WTJ on January 12, 2009 – 2:05 pm -
According to Dr Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard University physicist, making two searches through Google produce as much carbon dioxide emission as boiling a kettle. An internet search through Google produce about 7g of carbon dioxide and boiling a kettle produces about 15g. The emissions of a search is generated by the electricity used to support a user’s computer and date sent to the servers around the world.
I wonder how much carbon emissions produced by other sites, such as Yahoo!, wikipedia, msn? Although Google is definitely killing our planet, it also revolutionized how this world operates.
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March 16th, 2009 at 9:48 pm
Wow, i never knew that before! Pretty amazing and funny that i had to do 3 google searches before i found the picture i needed of a boiling kettle!
May 31st, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Hello,
My name is Jenny Howlett. I am currently doing an ICT GCSE and i was wondering if i could have permission to use one of your pictures. The picture I would like to use is a picture of a red kettle with steam coming out if it.
Thank you
Jenny