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Are Google’s CO2 issues real?
Filed Under (Google) by admin on 27-03-2009
Wissner-Gross’ research studied the CO2 emissions produced by individual use of the internet. The research indicates that viewing a simple web page generates about 0.02g of CO2 per second. This increases to about 0.2g of CO2 a second when viewing a website with complex images, animations or videos.
Other analysts came up with different calculations. John Buckley, managing director of a British environmental consultancy carbonfootprint.com, estimates Google searches CO2 emissions to about 1g and 10g, depending on whether you have to start your PC or not. According to him, running a PC alone creates carbon between 40g and 80g per hour. Chris Goodall, author of Ten Technologies to Save the Planet, estimates about the carbon emissions of a Google search at 7g to 10g within 15 minutes of computer use.
