The Hundredth Monkey Phenomenon

Introducing Blackle! It’s Google, but with a black background instead of a white one. The idea is that producing the color white on a computer screen uses more power than producing black (the lack of color). On the main search page there is a “Watt hours saved” counter that, at the time of writing, reads: “116,944.374 Watt hours saved”. I applaud this type of creative, saved-pennies-add-up approach to environmentalism (plus I had a good laugh that someone thought to do this), and encourage readers to check out Blackle’s About Page. I’ve added it to Opera’s search bar and will take it for a spin over the next couple weeks.