You like Google’s trademark whacky logos and the fact that you can find everything everywhere on a white screen? Try looking for everything on a black screen.BAckle.com is raking in eyeballs with eco-conscious Internet users risking limb to save the earth. In these days of global warming, you can sell anything just by dishing out some dodgy math on energy saving numbers. Environmentally oriented techies have put it out that a black screen uses less power than a white one. Try it, its incredibly difficult to read—hour on hour—but they say it saves electricity. So what if your eyes are jeopardised! Google, never to miss out on a fad, has customised the site with its content. You can get all Google features on Blackle—only on a black screen. Not a great idea, methinks. If you have to save power, turn the monitor off. Simple. And, any way, if you’re using those LCD monitors, there is a reversal. You spend more energy on the black screen than the white, reversing the Blackle logic, which works better for CRT monitors. The idea for the site came out of a blog post earlier this year that said a black Google would save you 750 MW a year. All unproved, mind you. This is just to tell you that you can sell anything. Just don’t buy it!
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