Someone quantified the carbon footprint of a Google search?
Oh, yakk:
While millions of people tap into Google without considering the environment, a typical search generates about 7g of CO2. Boiling a kettle generates about 15g.“Google operates huge data centers around the world that consume a great deal of power,” said Alex Wissner-Gross, a Harvard University physicist whose research on the environmental impact of computing is due out soon. “A Google search has a definite environmental impact.”
OK, so now on top of these people wanting you to freeze in the winter and boil in the summer as well as eat only stuff you’re growing in your back yard – without fertilizer, mind you – they’d like you to isolate yourself from the information stores available today. Nothing short of 95% of us suddenly up and dying off will ever be enough for these people.
