http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/ Contiguous thought Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:02:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-101 Ryan... Fri, 07 Nov 2008 06:25:16 +0000 http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-101 <p>For every 1 watt used on the internet 10 is saved, that is complete bull. How could you even think like that? The internet is the biggest waste of energy in the world...nearly 10% of world energy consumtion is just powering the internet and the number is growing ALOT every year, there has to be a stopping point before we realize it's just too wasteful.</p> For every 1 watt used on the internet 10 is saved, that is complete bull. How could you even think like that? The internet is the biggest waste of energy in the world…nearly 10% of world energy consumtion is just powering the internet and the number is growing ALOT every year, there has to be a stopping point before we realize it’s just too wasteful.

]]> http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-38 One Google query equivalent to 11 watt lightbulb | Blogging The Green Sun, 25 May 2008 22:38:52 +0000 http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-38 <p>[...] Perpendium article [...]</p> […] Perpendium article […]

]]> http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-34 Joshua Mon, 19 May 2008 16:39:46 +0000 http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-34 <p>Actually Mark you can translate German using googles translation feature!</p> Actually Mark you can translate German using googles translation feature!

]]> http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-24 Mark Sat, 03 May 2008 07:25:13 +0000 http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-24 <p>Unfortunately Jordan can not post a link to that information, because it is a very old urban legend, completely untrue, If a solar panel will pay for itself after 20 years (which they can easily do) , then how could the manufacturer afford to pay for more than the amount of electricity it will produce PLUS the cost to actually make the panel? Any who, the title of this article is very misleading, making the reader think that just running a search will consume 11 Wh, for the 0.1 sec it takes to run a search, google would using 396000 Watts of server power! Thats about 8000 blade servers do nothing but your search in that time frame, not too likely I'd say, I could be wrong though. That number is probably coming from their total server power consumption divided by the number of searches google does, (I can't read German)</p> Unfortunately Jordan can not post a link to that information, because it is a very old urban legend, completely untrue, If a solar panel will pay for itself after 20 years (which they can easily do) , then how could the manufacturer afford to pay for more than the amount of electricity it will produce PLUS the cost to actually make the panel? Any who, the title of this article is very misleading, making the reader think that just running a search will consume 11 Wh, for the 0.1 sec it takes to run a search, google would using 396000 Watts of server power! Thats about 8000 blade servers do nothing but your search in that time frame, not too likely I’d say, I could be wrong though. That number is probably coming from their total server power consumption divided by the number of searches google does, (I can’t read German)

]]> http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-23 courtney Sat, 03 May 2008 06:01:51 +0000 http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-23 <p>Jordan thats out of date information that has no weight to it. Googles headquarters generates 1.6megawatts of power through its solar system. The pv panels are made of a printed composite material and not silicon, which is less efficient. Although its true solar power isnt fiscally efficient on the whole as of yet, the progress in this field is growing by orders of magnitude efficiency wise.</p> Jordan thats out of date information that has no weight to it. Googles headquarters generates 1.6megawatts of power through its solar system. The pv panels are made of a printed composite material and not silicon, which is less efficient. Although its true solar power isnt fiscally efficient on the whole as of yet, the progress in this field is growing by orders of magnitude efficiency wise.

]]> http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-17 Eric Silva Thu, 01 May 2008 17:16:32 +0000 http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-17 <p>Jordan, that's an interesting information. Could you post a link with more details?</p> Jordan, that’s an interesting information. Could you post a link with more details?

]]> http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-16 Jordan Thu, 01 May 2008 15:29:49 +0000 http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-16 <p>Photo voltaic is essentially flawed. The technology used to produce the materials right now consumes more energy than they will make up in 20 years of being in use.</p> Photo voltaic is essentially flawed. The technology used to produce the materials right now consumes more energy than they will make up in 20 years of being in use.

]]> http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-15 Elizabeth Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:46:00 +0000 http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-15 <p>For every watt we use on the internet we save 10 watts. http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1409/</p> For every watt we use on the internet we save 10 watts. http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1409/

]]> http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-14 messenger Sun, 27 Apr 2008 14:26:50 +0000 http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-14 <p>well how about the PV cells on the Google campus?</p> well how about the PV cells on the Google campus?

]]> http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-13 Jach Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:15:29 +0000 http://perpenduum.com/2007/10/a-single-google-query-consumes-as-much-energy-as-an-11-watt-light-bulb-does-in-one-hour/#comment-13 <p>Not too surprising, since Google processes about 20 petabytes of data per day. (A petabyte is ~1000 terabytes.) Still, I'm sure google's servers are doing much more than just processing queries, so I think his estimation is off.</p> Not too surprising, since Google processes about 20 petabytes of data per day. (A petabyte is ~1000 terabytes.) Still, I’m sure google’s servers are doing much more than just processing queries, so I think his estimation is off.

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