Google = Environmental Disaster
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web... ![[link]](http://s3-ak.buzzfed.com/static/images/public/icons/external-link2.png){kind=icon}
Using Google is bad for the environment. Two searches equal the power consumption of boiling a kettle tea. Want to save a tree? Do nothing. Touch nothing. Hold your breath.
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One Google search=breathing for 12 minutes.
gigaom.com
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We are taking this too far- googling could not be that harmful-it is the next best thing to the MIND OF GOD- and God will never allow anything wrong- regards- hiro bachani- join us at http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=38831761894 and http://www.merlin-me.com
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pps: andy, your link at the bottom wasn't showing up when I left the ps. sorry!
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PS: Google's Response
googleblog.blogspot.com
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well, obviously the problem isn't google — the problem is coal. but still pretty interesting. I never considered the environmental impact of improving an algorithm; maybe computer science will be the next green fad.
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Google responds with some different math
googleblog.blogspot.com
