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The environmental impact of a Google search
Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross says that performing two Google searches uses up as much energy as boiling the kettle for a cup of tea. Google says, not really. Whom to believe? A search certainly consumes less energy than driving to the library and looking things up.

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http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/01/12/environmental-impact...
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/powering-google-searc...

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- 22 Apr 2009, 10:20 pm
Robert Berger wrote: > Physicist Alex Wissner-Gross says that performing two Google searches > uses up as much energy as boiling the kettle for a cup of tea. Google > says, not really. Whom to believe? A search certainly consumes less > energy than driving to the library and looking things up. > > Full Story direct links: > > http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5489134.ece > http://www.greenbiz.com/blog/2009/01/12/environmental-impact-google-search > http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/powering-google-search.html > > > Full Story: > http://www.reliableembeddedsystems.com/newsflashes/newsflash/the-environmental-impact-of-a-google-search.html