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Google Goes Black for Earth Hour

Google Goes Black for Earth Hour

On Saturday, March 29th 2008 at 11:23 AM
By Andrei Pociu (View Profile)
Google Black - Lights Off - Earth HourGoogle users across the United States will be welcomed by a different homepage today, one that uses a black background. This gesture is made in recognition of Earth Hour which takes place on March 29, 2008 and invites people from all around the world to turn off their lights for one hour, 8pm to 9pm. Big cities around the world, including Chicago, Atlanta, San Francisco, Melbourne and Tel Aviv have organized events to show their commitment for energy conservation, but everyone is invited to turn off the lights, anywhere in the world.

Because of the way most display screens work today, displaying a black background consumes an equal amount of energy to displaying a white one, hence no energy is saved, otherwise this switch may have been a permanent one. The switch in color was simply made to raise awarness over worldwide energy conservation.

More details about the Earth Hour program is available at EarthHourUS.org.
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by jebus on Saturday, March 29th 2008 at 03:40 PM

I wish it would stay that way. Much easier on the eyes.


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