Comments on: Blackle: a “green computing” furphy http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:47:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-9202 Stilgherrian Fri, 21 Dec 2007 22:38:29 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-9202 <strong>@Energy Saver:</strong> Apart from that just being a spam comment -- it doesn't really continue the discussion, it just promotes your product -- I reckon this "carbon offset" stuff is a load of bunkum. The whole point is that we're meant to be using less energy to begin with, not just piss away energy as usual (plus a bit more for re-routing Google searches through your website too) and then pay someone to sort it out for us. It's precisely that latter attitude that got us into this mess in the first place. @Energy Saver: Apart from that just being a spam comment — it doesn’t really continue the discussion, it just promotes your product — I reckon this “carbon offset” stuff is a load of bunkum. The whole point is that we’re meant to be using less energy to begin with, not just piss away energy as usual (plus a bit more for re-routing Google searches through your website too) and then pay someone to sort it out for us. It’s precisely that latter attitude that got us into this mess in the first place.

]]> By: Energy Saver http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-9201 Energy Saver Fri, 21 Dec 2007 21:50:09 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-9201 There's also the <a href="http://www.carbonneutralsearch.co.uk/">Carbon Neutral Search Engine</a> it uses Google Custom Search but offsets a minimum of 100g of CO2 per search There’s also the Carbon Neutral Search Engine it uses Google Custom Search but offsets a minimum of 100g of CO2 per search

]]> By: Stilgherrian · Train is coming! Train is coming! http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-8548 Stilgherrian · Train is coming! Train is coming! Fri, 28 Sep 2007 08:51:50 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-8548 [...] to Alex Willemyns for the pointer — and for having the extremely good sense to link to my piece on Blackle. I totally agree with your point about bandwagons, [...] [...] to Alex Willemyns for the pointer — and for having the extremely good sense to link to my piece on Blackle. I totally agree with your point about bandwagons, [...]

]]> By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-7698 Stilgherrian Fri, 10 Aug 2007 19:50:23 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-7698 <strong>@zzkx:</strong> What's also nice is that Google has <a href="http://www.longtail.com/the_long_tail/2007/08/a-uav-mission-o.html" rel="nofollow">covered the entire Googleplex with solar panels</a>. I'm not sure about the laser cannons though. <strong>@no-one in particular:</strong> A client told a colleague about Blackle, and she said, "Hey, could we have a pink one for girls? Then we could call it Pinkle!" @zzkx: What’s also nice is that Google has covered the entire Googleplex with solar panels. I’m not sure about the laser cannons though.

@no-one in particular: A client told a colleague about Blackle, and she said, “Hey, could we have a pink one for girls? Then we could call it Pinkle!”

]]> By: zzkx http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-7679 zzkx Fri, 10 Aug 2007 09:38:44 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-7679 Bill Weihl, Google's "Green Energy Czar" has the following <a href="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-black-new-green.html" rel="nofollow">comment</a> about it... Bill Weihl, Google’s “Green Energy Czar” has the following comment about it…

]]> By: Angela http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-7456 Angela Fri, 03 Aug 2007 13:35:56 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-7456 I prefer using www.Darkoogle.com as their text are green which reduce eye strain. So instead of saving energy from our monitor, it also save our user's eye energy. I prefer using http://www.Darkoogle.com as their text are green which reduce eye strain. So instead of saving energy from our monitor, it also save our user’s eye energy.

]]> By: Stilgherrian · Black is the new black http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-7269 Stilgherrian · Black is the new black Fri, 27 Jul 2007 09:16:04 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/internet/blackle_green_furphy/#comment-7269 [...] to my post about Blackle and the current wave of fashionable shiny black website design, Janet Hawtin made the observation [...] [...] to my post about Blackle and the current wave of fashionable shiny black website design, Janet Hawtin made the observation [...]

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