The Dendrophiles must Die!

[Blind_Io]

I shit you not, this website wants Google to make their homepage black instead of white because it would save energy.

Too far you miserable little sods. I am hereby going to pay careful attention to everything you say so I can do the opposite!

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007..._google_wo.php

From the lights out department - did you know that a cathode ray tube (CRT) monitor uses about 74 watts to display an all white web page, but only uses 59 watts to display an all black page? Yes, there all still plenty of these still in use, particularly in China and Latin America. Worldwide, about 25 percent of the monitors currently in use are cathode ray tubes, which means that they waste energy displaying white backgrounds. This can add up for sites with a global audience.

Take at look at Google, for instance, who gets about 200 million queries a day. Let's assume each query is displayed for about 10 seconds; that means Google is running for about 550,000 hours every day on some desktop. Assuming that users run Google in full screen mode, the shift to a black background will save a total of 15 (74-59) watts. Now take into account that about 25 percent of the monitors in the world are CRTs, and at 10 cents a kilowatt-hour, that's about $75,000/year, a goodly amount of energy and dollars for changing a few color codes.

Of course, you don't need to stick entirely with black; you can try EMERGY-C, a low wattage palette that gives you a bit more flexibility, and only costs about 4 watts more than an all black page. Low wattage web design? It's the future. [We'll keep that low-power palette in mind for the next time we redesign the site! -Ed.]

[Cobol74]

If you wipe your arse on bog paper using only one side you can store it and use the other side for next time a saving of 50%.

[bartboy9891]

If you set up lots of precisely placed mirrors, you can light up your house with the sun alone.

[Blind_Io]

What happens after the sun goes down?

Oh right, IT GETS DARK!

[Cobol74]

No Bog paper is re-usable both during the day and at night (additional benefit). Oh you mean the mirrors. ... Sorry.

Seriously Blind_Io - I agree with you 100%; bloody 'stupids' have they nothing better to do with their lives than make up this rubbish?

[Firecat]

Imagine how much we can save if they kill themselves....or at the very least, shut down their website.

[SuperStalin]

Originally Posted by Firecat

Imagine how much we can save if they kill themselves....or at the very least, shut down their website.

If only one of them killed himself,
more electricity would be saved than
if Google changed to black!

[Cobol74]

e-mail them calling for a volunteer.

[SuperStalin]

Seriously though.

Did they calculate how badly the "black google" would damage
the eyesight of all google users?

White letters on a black background isn't so good on the eyes,
so it could potentially damage people's eyesight,
which would in turn make the people wear glasses and contact lenses,
and it takes a lot of electricity and resources to make those too.

[epp_b]

If these idiots had even two brain cells, they would be encouraging people to use LCD monitors instead of CRTs.

[jayjaya29]

I have to agree and say that this is going a little too far.

[zenkidori]

my eyes rolled so far up into my head that they've gone all the way around and now I have a headache and must drive my car(using gas) to the store(lighted up very brightly) and buy aspirin, meaning that more aspirin will need to be ordered and shipped.

FTL

[Redliner]

Originally Posted by zenkidori

my eyes rolled so far up into my head that they've gone all the way around and now I have a headache and must drive my car(using gas) to the store(lighted up very brightly) and buy aspirin, meaning that more aspirin will need to be ordered and shipped.

FTL

Best answer so far.

[Alok]

Originally Posted by Blind_Io

What happens after the sun goes down?

Oh right, IT GETS DARK!

not really, if u have quite a large number of mirrors, then i suppose, u can reflect the light all the way from the other side

[SuperStalin]

Mirrors also cost a lot of energy and resources to produce
in a number of toxic processes.

[YF19pilot]

Originally Posted by SuperStalin

Mirrors also cost a lot of energy and resources to produce
in a number of toxic processes.

But a large number of shaved and polished heads might be able to reflect the light all the way around the world. Perhaps we should urge everyone to shave their heads and polish it up to save energy!

[BlaRo]

But nooo! Head polish is tested on animals! Bald animals! And we all know those aren't born bald. Those poor beasts have to be shaved. Shaving takes energy via electric clippers. You could use scissors, but cutting hair off with scissors takes energy, and energy must be replenished via protein, which is found in animals that are eaten, and that's not good for the animals nor the environment. Animals eat each other too as well as plants, and without plants where are we going to get the oxygen to subvert the CO2 coming from the power plants that generate the electricity for the clippers?

Therefore, the only solution to save the environment is to decimate all living things on it. Trust me, this is foolproof.

[epp_b]

^ How about we start with the tree huggers and tell them we'll do the same to everyone else...and then not

[Blind_Io]

Works for me.

Would all members of Green Peace please form an orderly queue in front of my shotgun?

[Donington]

In the world we live in today, I was half expecting the first sentence to be..

"shit you not, this website wants Google to make their homepage black instead of white because THAS RASESEST!!!"

The whole eco thing is a load of bollocks too. Keep taking the pills...