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Google Disputes Reported Carbon Footprint of Typical Google Search
environmentalleader.com - 1/13/2009
Google Disputes Reported Carbon Footprint of Typical Google Search
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U.S. physicist Alex Wissner-Gross claims that a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7 grams of CO2. However, Google disputes the figures and says a typical search produced only 0.2 grams of CO2, BBC reports. The Harvard academic argues that theses carbon emissions come ...
technology.timesonline.co.uk - 1/11/2009
Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches
— technology.timesonline.co.uk — Click here for how to reduce the footprint of the Web 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 ... (more) Revealed: the environmental impact of Google searches

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googleblog.blogspot.com - 1/11/2009
Official Google Blog: Powering a Google search
— googleblog.blogspot.com — Not long ago, answering a query meant traveling to the reference desk of your local library. Today,... search engines enable us to access immense quantities of useful information in an instant, without leaving home. Tools like email, online books and ... (more) Official Google Blog: Powering a Google search

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technewsworld.com - 1/13/2009
Technology News: Green Tech: Harvard Physicist Sets Record Straight on Internet Carbon Study
— technewsworld.com — A story in the Sunday Times of London sent Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) More about Google public relations... machine into an advanced search for answers. The Times reporters wrote about a new Harvard study that examines the energy impact of Web searches. The ... (more) Technology News: Green Tech: Harvard Physicist Sets ...

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Google Disputes Reported Carbon Footprint of Typical Google Search
NaturalPath Media - — U.S. physicist Alex Wissner-Gross claims that a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7 grams of CO2. However, Google disputes the figures and says a typical search produced only 0.2 grams of CO2, BBC reports. The Harvard academic argues that theses carbon emissions come from electricity used by the computer terminal and by [...]

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Google disputes Harvard Fellow's pollution estimate
pcworld.com 1/14/2009 — PC World: The carbon footprint of a search query is nowhere near the estimate concluded by a Harvard academic, Google said late Sunday. British newspaper The Sunday Times published a story on Sunday with results from a study conducted by Alex ...