Google denies CO2 search claims

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• Interesting how we never think of this aspect.....but i guess presently with so many other huge sources of CO2 this will be miniscule..in the future Google better watch out to keep emissions as low as humanly possible Posted by Pavan Rao, UK
• STUMBLED!
  
  The amazing thing about this post is how on earth would they come up with these figures.
  
  Good post. Posted by Geoserv, Canada
• I create lots of CO2 on purpose to mess the planet up so much that the aliens wont want it any more. Like in that movie with will smith and jeff goldbloom in that scene where jeff is all like "We've got to trash the planet so they wont want it anymore!' and then turns over a trash can all dramatic like.
  
  Posted by Antony DeMarco, France
• Perhaps the figure is trying to express the total amount of energy used, including that used at the originator's PC> but Google would be correct in pointing out the absurdity anyhow. How much carbon originates when you create a spreadsheet? How about when you apply a Photoshop filter? You can easily take this ad absurdum. When all the smokestacks and smog are gone and we're using green electricity this will be moot. Refocus your lens Mr. Wissner-Gross. I guess we're running out of PhD ideas or something. Posted by Tim, USA
• This is ridiculous, the obsession with carbon emission. It's a freaking google search, guys. How many carbon emissions did you guys use to post your comments? Posted by Liz, USA
• don't give a shit. it's still more efficient than going to the library for any question we had. And then sometimes not finding the answer. did you f***tards think of how much in emissions google is saving everyone? huh? huh? HUH?? yeah I thought not. go float in a toilet. Posted by Mr. An On, (the dying) USA
• http://www.ihatejasmine.com/?id=u443oszprslhunx7vpyb1311afkgl1 Posted by Channeler, Israel
• according to my math, that's still 546 metric tons of CO2 per MONTH!!
  
  Posted by Car, us
• 7g of carbon per search sounded way too high per search 0.2 sounds a bit more realistic Posted by Peter White, UK
• Just wanted to post so I could make some more greenhouse gases! I'm sick of hearing this crap, yes we could all go back to the stone ages (but no camp fires please) and we still would make a dent in overall problem - if there is a problem at all. If its nature doing her thing then we have to live with it.
  
  Get off the gravy train there is no more money for you grabbing idiots! Posted by Colin G., England UK
• i wonder how much CO2 i produce when i fart. If I can offset my google search emissions by holding my farts, i'll do it. Posted by frat, USA
• I like this line - 'Google said: "We have designed and built the most energy efficient data centers in the world, which means the energy used per Google search is minimal. In fact, in the time t takes to do a Google search, your own personal computer will use more energy than Google uses to answer your query".'
  
  The comparison between the total energy your computer uses in a specified amount of time vs. the amount of energy one single query on a computer takes seems to be a few orders of magnitude off - clever choice of wording there =P. Posted by CH, USA
• Antony Demarco, you're my hero... Posted by Dave Helmet, England
• I am definitely for CO2 emissions. If we unite and try to emit as much CO2 as possible, we can make null the attempts of the crazy hippies to lower CO2 emissions. So leave your car running all day! Burn tires in your back yard! And then, pour oil on a duck! I believe in us!
  
  BTW, by posting a negative comment about this comment, you will have pumped enough CO2 into the atmosphere to kill a baby polar bear!!! IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT?!? LOL! Posted by Jeff Stacy, USA
• Lol at Pavan Rao....what a douche comment..... Posted by Notadouchelikepavan, USA
• Apparently these guys never saw the googleplex or the huge amount of solar energy they use. Might be going to Harvard but he's riding the FAILBOAT on the way there. Posted by me, USA
• Lol at CH, the only American post that actually isn't as stupid as George Bush (and the post by ''posted by me, USA'') nice one Posted by Nah, UK
• Amazing figure. But one has to have an idea about average CO2 emission per day by a person and compare it with CO2 emission due to googling. After all Google search will continue rising, but there are ways to minimize emission of CO2 - use of bicycles and walking on foot when not going very far, minimizing the use of paper, use of handkerchief rather than napkin, etc. etc. Think and a number of solutions are waiting to come.
  
  But please don't ask to minimize or stop goggle searching!!!
  
  Posted by Zahid, India
• If a google search produces 7g of carbon due to the electricity used, how much does driving an electric car use. Oh, I forgot, the tree huggers seem to think that is zero! Posted by Nic, UK