Making two internet searches through Google produces about the same amount of carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle, claims a story in the Telegraph.
Mmm…Interesting story but as normal, it seems, with a story about technology they miss a vital point.
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Posts Tagged ‘green’
Jan
12
2009
C02 cost of Google searches
Aug
09
2008
Life after people
After having recorded this program when it was shown here in the UK for the frist time, on the 27th of May, I have finally got a round to watching Life After People
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Jan
24
2008
Ration heating
Philip Pullman: Kill humans and ration heating:”
The Rose Tinted Spyglass
Move over Thom Yorke – there’s another candidate for Britain’s most miserable and mean-spirited millionaire. This week, fantasy book author Philip Pullman will join Radiohead’s ginger whinger in calling for wartime austerity measures and top-down social control.…”
(Via The Register.)
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Oct
15
2007
How is this greener?
Defra denies UHT milk switch plan:
“The government denies wanting people to switch from fresh to long-life milk to reduce energy usage.”
Mar
19
2007
There are just too many people
The biggest environmental problem: too many people:
“If governments want to cut greenhouse gas emissions we have to address the accelerating growth in the world’s population, expected to increase from 6.7 billion now to 9.2 billion by 2050. Some population activists argue the world can only support a population of two to three billion, even as few as 500 million in future.”
Mar
18
2007
Global warming endangered by hot air
Global Warming Endangered by Hot Air?:
“oldwindways writes ‘The BBC reports that leading climate researchers are concerned that the tone of speculation surrounding many reports (scientific as well as in the media) could be making it more difficult for legitimate science to make a case for the future. Is Hollywood to blame? Have we ‘cried wolf’ too many times with global warming? Or is this just a case of some researchers who are not ready to face the truth? Either way, it raises the interesting question of how greater public awareness of Global Warming might be affecting the course of research and vice versa. Not to mention what happens when public awareness is shaped by factors other than scientific findings. This is especially troubling during what some are calling the warmest US winter in years.’”
Feb
24
2007
5 Ways to save the planet
Some thoughts on an excellent documentary about what we can do to save the world (no really!)
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Jun
23
2005
1 Pound a liter, shock horror…oh we’ve been here before
Diesel ‘could breach £1 a litre’: “Low refinery capacity and rising crude prices could push diesel prices above £1 a litre, the Petrol Retailers Association warns.”
(Via BBC News.)
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Jan
16
2004
Chilling look at mans effect on the world
I’ve just watched this weeks Horizon, on global dimming. Scary stuff.
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