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Never thought of it this way but it's an interesting thing to ponder, given our situation on the blue sphere. And it could of course extend to all web sites with high traffic *cough*... Bradley, are we being served from from a green provider??
Anyway, all funnehs aside here's the linkage. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7823387.stm Study claims Quote:
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It definitely is an interesting way of looking at things, but don't forget that Google has saved many a trip to the local library on many occasions (not to mention printed phone books).
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This is indeed interesting to think about, and I've done so before, coming to the conclusion that I should bookmark sites I regularly visit rather than Google them needlessly each time.
However, the idea that two searches use the same energy as boiling a cup of water is so obviously absurd that anyone with a feel for physics will spot it a mile away. I'm amazed the BBC publish this kind of silliness! Google would consume more energy than a mid-size country if that were the case, and they'd be bankrupt a hundred times over by their electric bills. The whole business model of Google relies on searches being extremely cheap, which certainly means they don't consume that kind of energy. Of far greater concern I think is the energy used by home computers, which are overpowered and inefficient (particularly desktops, though Apple's mini and iMac are among the better ones). Now, if someone could do a study on how many megawatts Adobe's Flash is responsible for globally at any moment, that would be truly eye-watering. As I speak a Flash add is consuming about 50% of my G4's CPU (maybe 8 or 10 watts?) doing absolutely nothing productive. Multiply that by about a billion and pretty scary numbers emerge. |
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I don't know how it does in Windows, but Flash is a major resource hog in OSX. A simple Flash movie or game can sometimes get my CPU's in my MBP from 64ºC to 80ºC in a few seconds.
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