this is not new media - A Harvard physicist last year estimated that just two Google searches generate about 14 grams of CO2--or enough to bring a kettle to boil.

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A Harvard physicist last year estimated that just two Google searches generate about 14 grams of CO2--or enough to bring a kettle to boil.

crookedindifference:

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Edit: Updated comments about these figures are here.

Comment by patrickjoiner: Although I would agree that Google’s servers result in CO2 emissions, this 14 g of CO2 per search is not accurate. See:bit.ly/anrzuz (Times refutation) bit.ly/cfmfyM (Comments by physicist) BTW I don’t work for Google.

/Reblogged from crooked indifference

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