Google search not so green

January 13, 2009 · Filed Under Business, Communities, Google, Internet · Comment 

It has been estimated that a simple search on Google will produce around 7g of carbon dioxide, whereas boiling a kettle of water will produce around 15g of carbon dioxide.
These shocking figures have been produced by Dr Alex Wissner-Gross, a physicist from Harvard University, who says that the emissions are produced by the electricity used [...]