2 Google Searches equals the same amount of CO2 as...

[Red Charlie]

Boiling a kettle?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7823387.stm

According to Alex Wissner-Gross Harvard University Academic.

Google of course, disagrees, claiming each search is only 0.2 grams of CO2.

More at Eleven.

[GHOVO]

... I'm killing the planet... I boil the kettle AS I google. Oops.

Although... why are people even looking into this?

[gcninja]

i know, why not "how much is wasted on windows vista discs"

[Mats]

*NEWFLASH: any action made by a living creature uses energy!*...duh!

[Yukikaze]

I want to see an analysis on the amount of energy required to print a page(including creating the paper) versus the amount of energy required to view that page on the average computer for an hour.

I predict E-bills won't look quite so attractive.

[Annchan]

*NEWFLASH: any action made by a living creature uses energy!*...duh!

This

[Tim]

I want to see an analysis on the amount of energy required to print a page(including creating the paper) versus the amount of energy required to view that page on the average computer for an hour.

I predict E-bills won't look quite so attractive.

I predict they will.

Though of course it depends on what kind of energy source is being used to generate electricity for you. Here in Beautiful British Columbia we use primarily hydroelectric power, which is extremely clean and renewable.

[CommanderKeen]

Even with the hydro-electric dams, When you think of all the planning to take out trees, taking out the trees, transporting them, and then doing all the processing of them and then transporting paper to the distributor and then to the client, you'll find that it's a lot more to create paper than making ebills.

That being said, I prefer paper bills any day of the week.

[Tim]

Even with the hydro-electric dams, When you think of all the planning to take out trees, taking out the trees, transporting them, and then doing all the processing of them and then transporting paper to the distributor and then to the client, you'll find that it's a lot more to create paper than making ebills.

That being said, I prefer paper bills any day of the week.

Ah, the luxury of a home printer.

[Evil Jim]

What sort of crazy electric kettles produce carbon dioxide?

[Tim]

What sort of crazy electric kettles produce carbon dioxide?

Not directly. I think the idea is that it uses electricity, and the generation of that electricity involves the creation of CO2. It's the same kind of thing as saying a Google search creates CO2--obviously it doesn't directly create it, it's a side-effect.

[Annchan]

I thought it meant a stove top kettle on a gas stove....
Also, boiling with a kettle for how long? Just until the water is boiled?

[Evil Jim]

Not directly. I think the idea is that it uses electricity, and the generation of that electricity involves the creation of CO2. It's the same kind of thing as saying a Google search creates CO2--obviously it doesn't directly create it, it's a side-effect.

I was joking a bit there. It seems silly to me because not all electricity comes from a CO2 producing source. MY Google searches, however, are electrical, but they need a nuclear reaction to generate the 1.21 jiggawatts required for the search engine.

[teh_sam]

Ok, to make up for all the carbon we throw in to the atmosphere, let's all collectively hold our breath. Ready....

[The Hitman]

Boiling a kettle?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7823387.stm

According to Alex Wissner-Gross Harvard University Academic.

Google of course, disagrees, claiming each search is only 0.2 grams of CO2.

More at Eleven.

Except that Wissner-Gross didn't actually say that. In fact, he contacted the Times (who originally published the story misrepresenting his research) and asked for a correction, which they refused to make.

Welcome to the incredibly low standards of science reporting.

[King Kool]

Boiling a kettle?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7823387.stm

According to Alex Wissner-Gross Harvard University Academic.

Google of course, disagrees, claiming each search is only 0.2 grams of CO2.

More at Eleven.

Except that Wissner-Gross didn't actually say that. In fact, he contacted the Times (who originally published the story misrepresenting his research) and asked for a correction, which they refused to make.

Welcome to the incredibly low standards of science reporting.

Weak.

[soapgoat]

i google all the time and i have a beef with it, where is my global warming this year was the coldest year in a while, and last winter IT SNOWED IN FUCKING FLORIDA, only like .2in but it snowed, WHERE THE FREEK IS MY GLOBAL WARMING, THIS IS FLORIDA AND ITS FREEZING

[JesterJ.]

i google all the time and i have a beef with it, where is my global warming this year was the coldest year in a while, and last winter IT SNOWED IN FUCKING FLORIDA, only like .2in but it snowed, WHERE THE FREEK IS MY GLOBAL WARMING, THIS IS FLORIDA AND ITS FREEZING

For someone who googles all the time, you're not very good at it.

[spartanhelmet]

So, I hear it was made up.

Edit: I just skimmed a little bit more of the article (I cbf read all of it) and supposedly it's just a misunderstanding. Still, some inaccuracy doth occur.

[Yukikaze]

Except that Wissner-Gross didn't actually say that. In fact, he contacted the Times (who originally published the story misrepresenting his research) and asked for a correction, which they refused to make.

Welcome to the incredibly low standards of science reporting.

Smells like Libel.

Oh, wait. Newspapers? Print stories that are fiction? Who'da thunk it!

[The Hitman]

i google all the time and i have a beef with it, where is my global warming this year was the coldest year in a while, and last winter IT SNOWED IN FUCKING FLORIDA, only like .2in but it snowed, WHERE THE FREEK IS MY GLOBAL WARMING, THIS IS FLORIDA AND ITS FREEZING

Just so you know, 'global warming' is really only a temperature boost of a few degrees worldwide, which will result in radical local climate change, including severe cooling in some areas.

Even though the globe in general is getting slightly warmer, this does not mean that the weather everywhere is going to get warmer, just that it is going to get generally fucked up.