Save the planet: Stop googling

Assuming for a moment that man-made CO2 is the evil of all evils as Al Gore claims, this is still one of the stupidest things I've seen since, oh, at least yesterday.

Performing two Google searches from a desktop computer can generate about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle for a cup of tea, according to new research.

While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2 Boiling a kettle generates about 15g. “Google operates huge data centres around the world that consume a great deal of power,” said Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard University physicist whose research on the environmental impact of computing is due out soon. “A Google search has a definite environmental impact.”

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...A recent report by Gartner, the industry analysts, said the global IT industry generated as much greenhouse gas as the world’s airlines - about 2% of global CO2 emissions.

OK, so CO2 makes up a meager .038% of the atmosphere, and I'm supposed to be worried about an insignificant contribution to a tiny percentage of that?

Go hump somebody else's leg.

Change we can Google

As Charles at Little Green Footballs points out, "The power of Obama has reached out and healed Google." Here's a little background for the confused...

Google often modifies their logo in light-hearted ways to mark various holidays and occasions. Until this year, they've never honored Veteran's Day. Nor, I think, Memorial Day for that matter. Charles Johnson at LGF has taken Google to task for this over and over again. Their excuse, usually, is something along the lines of "We try to be whimsical when taking note of an occasion with our logo, but Veteran's Day and Memorial Day are too solemn...blah...blah...etc." But now? Behold the power of change!

Here's the difference between conservatives and liberals (and have no doubt Google is very liberal): Conservatives love their country unconditionally, no matter who's president. Liberals love their country...as long as there's a liberal in the White House. Other times? Not so much.