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Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Search Engine That Turns Searches Into Green Web Searches.

A Google query consumes as much energy as one hour of light “A single Google query consumes as much energy as an 11-watt light bulb does in one hour” (perpenduum.com). “Electricity generation required for information and communication technologies is currently responsible for 2% of global CO2 emissions” (Techcrunch) Thus the CO2 emission of the IT [...]

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Monday, July 5th, 2010

The Breathing Earth simulation

This real-time simulation displays the CO2 emissions of every country in the world, as well as their birth and death rates. The Environment and Climate Change Global warming (aka climate change) is almost without a doubt the most important issue to face our generation, and quite possibly any generation in history. The worldwide scientific community [...]

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