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It appears that Google now has a black sheep to contend with in the search engine family.

Meet Blackle, the new energy-efficient search engine. Blackle uses a black screen because computer monitors require less energy to display black than an all-white screen. A monitor uses 74 watts of energy to display a white screen, compared to the 59 watts used to display a black screen, according to a May 2007 article on www.treehugger.com.

Blackle is owned by the Australian-based Heap Media, and was created to help remind people that small changes in daily activities can make a real difference. According to Blackle’s homepage (www.Blackle.com), the site has so far saved more than 186,546 Watt hours since its launch in January 2007.

source: www.blackle.com

 

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