Opinion: Blackle – is it all a hoax?
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Blackle claims to reduce power consumption in comparison with Google
It was first in July that Blackle came to my attention with an enquiry from a mate who works at a large accounting/consulting company into the claims of reduced power consumption resulting from using its services over google.
Could this be true? The energy saving I mean.
For those worried with energy consumption and all its downsides, when your screen is white, being it an empty word page, or the Google page, your computer consumes 74 watts, and when its black it consumes only 59 watts.
Mark Ontkush wrote an article about the energy ...
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