Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard academic has claimed that a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g CO2 - two search equal the same CO2 emissions as boiling a kettle. How? Google runs a lot of servers which use a lot of electricity.
For a fuller account see the BBC website here.
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1 comment:
But the CO2 emission can be offset against saving made by people who are able to work at home rather than travel to an office, because of the technology tools such as Google that enable this.
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