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Chimaeriforme 5 months ago

This only saves power if you have an old, vacuum tube screen. Sorry.

Illusionist over 1 year ago

sorry but i truly think it's a bad and idea

peaseonearth almost 2 years ago

This site is not made by Google and does not in fact saved energy at all. http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2007/08/is-black-new-green.html

***PuppyLove*** about 2 years ago

How do we promote this?

Evil Bunny over 2 years ago

If its something or somewhere local how about not even turning the computer on. There are still maps and a phone book (which of course you recycle each year if you get one)

random bookworm over 2 years ago

I love this idea a lot! I just discovered blackle a few weeks ago but i did not know that it actually reduces energy! Great idea!

ShaneNRG over 2 years ago

I heard it actually takes more energy to produce the black screen :/

Jdog98 almost 3 years ago

love it i do it all the time.

Horses_Rule about 3 years ago

SURE! I LIKE IT!

CerridwynEldritch about 3 years ago

Maybe they should just post something at the beginning of the workshops, or in the suggest new challenge forum, stating "Blackle does NOT work for newer screens/monitors - stop suggesting it." By not working, I mean that only CRT screens would get any sort of energy savings by using a black screen. Try a different, greener search engine: here are a few of my suggestions at http://www.carbonrally.com/suggestions/3041 (You don't have to vote for my suggestion, but if you like them please leave a comment or suggest another search engine that could be used - I'm not trying to "steal votes.")

Pariskat about 3 years ago

thats great! i also checked out forestle.org... i am torn between which one to use ;)

Jinxyanimefan about 3 years ago

hehe Thats awesome I forgot it for a while thanks for reminding me it existed lol

Greenpony about 3 years ago

i luv it!!! its my homepage!

Maniac Creations about 3 years ago

I use this now and I suggested it to all my friends and family. Most of them have changed to it also. Even my husband has changed his homepage to blackle.

kbe over 3 years ago

I often use forestle.org. With each search 0.1 m² of rain forest are saved. The organization uses advertising revenues to buy and protect rain forest land.

oekl over 3 years ago

I can't estimate, but websearch itself, as I heard from my friend, consumes a lot of energy (which you don't pay, but is still relevant from the ecological point of view). Better think twice before searching with Google, Yahoo etc (while using one of them seems to be still better than meta search engines). For example, there is no reason to search for "twitter", "digg" or the like. In this case, simply put a button in your browser toolbar.

ecofriendly:) almost 4 years ago

blackle is a good search engine.. but also goodsearch.com gives 1 cent to a charity everytime you search.

allanfamily almost 4 years ago

using Blackle does not save energy or carbon. only REALLY REALLY old computers (the big giant faded-yellow dinosaurs) use less energy to display a dark screen. Carbonrally has made a blog post about this because of all the people suggesting it. you can read it here: http://blog.carbonrally.com/2008/10/21/illuminating-blackle do not be misinformed!!

happypeacelover almost 4 years ago

I have suggested blackle to a lot of people lol it's a nice site but i've been using Goodsearch.com it gives money to a charity while you search!

xcrunner001 about 4 years ago

Blackle doesn't even work. Even if it did the total energy savings from the thousands of people that have used blackle would only be 1,207 kwH. Since 1kWh translates to 1.55 lbs of CO2, saving 1,207 kWh saves just under a ton of CO2. Considering that the average American produces 24 tons of CO2 a year, Blackle's hypothetical benefits were little to begin with.

peace_love_music about 4 years ago

EVERYBODYY!!! using Blackle does not save energy or carbon. only REALLY REALLY old computers (the big giant faded-yellow dinosaurs) use less energy to display a dark screen. Carbonrally has made a blog post about this because of all the people suggesting it. you can read it here: http://blog.carbonrally.com/2008/10/21/illuminating-blackle do not be misinformed!!

purplefuzz22 about 4 years ago

http://blog.carbonrally.com/2008/10/21/illuminating-blackle

purplefuzz22 about 4 years ago

Oh have you seen the carbonrally blog? This doesn't really save carbon... sorry. I voted for this challenge before reading the blog.

Grass about 4 years ago

My friend says that it kills his eyes. THE BURN!!!!

Bootchi about 4 years ago

I use it all the time!!

Twilightcutiee03 about 4 years ago

I think Blackel is great! It's just like regular google, but it saves energy :)

Kayleigh[: about 4 years ago

i use blackle!! [: its very helpful..

wickedawesome Max about 4 years ago

So if Blackles screen is black, then why isnt this one black? I mean really, it is only good

wickedawesome Max about 4 years ago

So if Blackles screen is black, then why isnt this one black? I mean really, it is only good

wickedawesome Max about 4 years ago

So if Blackles screen is black, then why isnt this one black? I mean really, it is only good

wickedawesome Max about 4 years ago

So if Blackles screen is black, then why isnt this one black? I mean really, it is only good

Mr. Teddy Bear about 4 years ago

i always go on blackle.... it is very helpful and it saves a lot of electricity

musicislife1244 about 4 years ago

omg i never knew this...all sites should be dark even if not black like navy or something ya this site is amazing!

Kar545 about 4 years ago

Same as carbon cruncher

bigbangvip about 4 years ago

HAHA XD i use this on my computer and told my dad to use it too :) HIGHFIVE ON SAVING EARTH ONE STEP AT A TIME!

Administrator about 4 years ago

Hi, We've done some research on this, and found that Blackle only provides benefits for big CRT monitors, not the flat screens that most of us use. We posted some info about it "here":http://blog.carbonrally.com/2008/10/21/illuminating-blackle. Thanks.

kimberlyranne about 4 years ago

That's my new homepage there is also one that half of the advertising prices go to charities. www.goodsearch.com

wickedawesome Max over 4 years ago

Ummmmmmmmmm, yeah :]

Duffman69 over 4 years ago

Although that this is made with good intentions, what everyone else said is true. It DOES NOT decrease CO2 in LCD monitors, and in CRT monitors, The eyestrain can be stronger.

KikiF over 4 years ago

Blackle has been my homepage and default search engine for a couple weeks now : ) Good suggesting

traceco594 over 4 years ago

I wonder if it would help at all if I used when i go online with my iPod...?

traceco594 over 4 years ago

So I just went to blackle to see the about us, and the site was kinda based on an article about how, with the tight computer monitor, people might be able to save a little energy in google had a black screen... So this doesn't help much. Because it only saves some carbon if you have a CRT monitor, so even if it were as popular as google, it wouldn't make too much of an impact... But it was a good suggestion!

BAB1 over 4 years ago

just so all of you know: in most computers, a backlight is still running even if the screen is displaying something black. Therefore it uses just as much energy as it would with a white background.

Ice over 4 years ago

I have to say this is actually pretty much useless. Using your computer wastes CO2 anyway.

Fractal over 4 years ago

This doesn't work except if you have a CRT screen which you probably don't. It gives a full explanation on Carbonrally blogs. Actually, Brighter screens use less energy than black screens. It's amazing but true.

laxstar5xc over 4 years ago

wow, the four seconds i spend on google before going to another screen does not make a difference. besides a black screen still uses energy

frogger over 4 years ago

Nice!

Fractal over 4 years ago

You know google uses up carbon too on its own, all right?

Fractal over 4 years ago

If you have an apple, you can invert the colors with a code key and use google anyway with a darker screen.

BenTK37 over 4 years ago

Nice!

Ice over 4 years ago

When do you get promoted?

xbeachcutiex over 4 years ago

a lot of people have already suggested this...

SwimStar over 4 years ago

Bigfoot allready created this challenge before you did!! That is called copying!!!!

matt over 4 years ago

I think this should still be made into a challenge. Who cares if it only reduces carbon by a little bit? everything helps right?

ELLa over 4 years ago

i thought it did the same thing oh well, even with 144 votes idt itll be made a challenge cuz it didn't work but i thought the same thing as you at first so... yea

birdman (Carbonrally) over 4 years ago

Carbonrally has evaluated the CO2 associated with this idea, and unfortunately it doesn't eliminate alot of CO2 for users of LCD screens.

lastnightilie over 4 years ago

I would use blackle, but I much prefer goodsearch because I think the impact of donating to any charity you want is bigger than simply having a black background for a minute. Giving your computer a rest is a much more realistic way to reduce carbon emissions...

thejessman almost 5 years ago

I've been very consciously using blackle, and just to make sure I'd have a similar effect even without blackle, I changed my laptop's wallpaper to black, and my PC at work. and I set my igoogle homepage to be mostly black.

Runetail almost 5 years ago

I totally support this one-until I read what other people said. So for carbon rally it wouldn't matter to most people but its better for ones eyes. (I use this set as my home page to save power every time I open my browser (*Pout* guess that doesn't matter)and have a mostly black desktops.)

pinksoysauce almost 5 years ago

Actually it isn't made by Google...But it is a Google search engine that works fine.

gens1121 almost 5 years ago

ha that is really cool!!! i love it! how does a black screen help any way?

ashlyniscool22 almost 5 years ago

Hey, a even better idea is to use Goodsearch.com, I'm going to suggest this right now.

*SkR* almost 5 years ago

OMG! U MADE THIS IDEA ON MY B-DAY! but do black screes rly save energy? oh well, it can't hurt!

spicycello almost 5 years ago

then why isnt this site in black, wouldnt that be better?

darby almost 5 years ago

how do you know whether you have an lcd moniter or a crt moniter ?

Noshinico almost 5 years ago

In addition to blackle.com if you search on goodsearch.com you can choose a charity and each search creates a donation

AlLiSoN almost 5 years ago

That is brilliant! It doesn't hurt your eyes if you stare at it too long- that is an added plus!

hannahpeaceandlove almost 5 years ago

love this idea! I'm going to put it as my homepage right now.

emoemu666 almost 5 years ago

That's a really good idea!

hannah! almost 5 years ago

thats is a great idea! whoever thought of that is a genius.

basketcasepunk20_63114 almost 5 years ago

That's neat! I didn't know that it saved energy to tell you the truth.

jaypo11 almost 5 years ago

wow very smart idea..cool man im up for it

bubblez_012 almost 5 years ago

I think this is a great challenge. Plus people will keep using it instead of just for a short time period.

Alex almost 5 years ago

Cool!

Orinda Kid almost 5 years ago

I think that it is great you found out about blackle. Even though it doesn't work

Lin about 5 years ago

Blackle does not save any more energy than google does. For earth day, google changed their screen to black, but in their information thing on the screen, they noted that a black screen doesn't actually do anything.

ELLa about 5 years ago

BURN!!!!!!!!! how do you know it doesn't work?? Black is not a light source (it doesn't reflect any light but rather absorbs it all), it is simply a name for the absence of light. Even though if it is used it will use carbon but I find that I spend less time on the Internet when I use it because I don't get distracted by ads or random results...

Mr Green Jeans about 5 years ago

google actually went black for earth hour, but in their FAQs they stated that the reason they dont do it permanently is because it makes zero difference on an lcd screen, which most computers have. apparently, the monitors use the same amount of energy no matter what they are displaying. Hopefully that clears things up. Blackle is a neat idea, too bad it just doesnt work.

rjulian57 about 5 years ago

There're a few articles that contest the findings that using blackle will help anything. It seems if you're using a CRT monitor, then yes, it does save energy, whereas on some LCD monitors (which the majority of computer users have), it actually uses more energy than regular google. http://techlogg.com/content/view/360/1/

Smudge over 5 years ago

You CAN add this to your Firefox search pulldown! The easiest way I found was to go to http://mycroft.mozdev.org/ and search for Blackle. Then, in the results, click on the Blackle link (looks like a link to the site but is actually a link to the search plugin). That will ask you if you want to install it. Works great!

Perry over 5 years ago

would be nice if the firefox search engine list would allow for easy adding of http://www.blackle.com/ would be good to know how much of a difference it makes on an LCD monitor

wildchild16 over 5 years ago

good job

Carbon Cruncher over 5 years ago

Yeah I was just about to suggest this.

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