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Dollarmansteve · 05-18-2007, 04:20 PM

Some retard named Mark Ontkush, and here is his blog post.

He had the incredibly stupid idea that creating a "black Google" - www.blackle.com - was good for the environment because it takes less energy to not display white pixels on a CRT monitor. That is actually true, however consider the following:

Facts:

- CRT monitors are being phased out and LCD monitors are in wide distribution and consume 1/2 - 1/3 the energy of a CRT
- LCD screens because of their backlight design actually consume no extra energy to display a white pixel, in fact, it uses extra energy to display a BLACK pixel
- The yearly energy savings would equate to 1.5 SECONDS of global energy use
- The yearly energy savings are equivalent to the power generated by a small wind generator
- Treehugger.com USES A WHITE BACKGROUND

Here is a blog post about it on treehugger.com with lots of ownage comments

Here is About Blackle

See the problem with these 'activist' types is that their amount of opinion is usually negatively correlated to intelligence. They possess such a strong confirmation bias that they don't actually care if they are factual, they just want to pump out their enviro-propaganda (in this guy's case he needs the propaganda because he is a 'green IT consultant' or some shit - basically, he personally profits from the propaganda).

"Empty vessels make the most noise" is a cliche because it's true - and every moron like this guy undoes the work of countless other people who don't have such a strong activist agenda that they use to personally enrich themselves.

05-18-2007, 04:20 PM
Dollarmansteve Confirmed User Join Date: May 2005 Location: T.O. Posts: 2,849	..And the award for biggest enviro hypocrite goes to.. Some retard named Mark Ontkush, and here is his blog post. He had the incredibly stupid idea that creating a "black Google" - www.blackle.com - was good for the environment because it takes less energy to not display white pixels on a CRT monitor. That is actually true, however consider the following: Facts: - CRT monitors are being phased out and LCD monitors are in wide distribution and consume 1/2 - 1/3 the energy of a CRT - LCD screens because of their backlight design actually consume no extra energy to display a white pixel, in fact, it uses extra energy to display a BLACK pixel - The yearly energy savings would equate to 1.5 SECONDS of global energy use - The yearly energy savings are equivalent to the power generated by a small wind generator - Treehugger.com USES A WHITE BACKGROUND Here is a blog post about it on treehugger.com with lots of ownage comments Here is About Blackle See the problem with these 'activist' types is that their amount of opinion is usually negatively correlated to intelligence. They possess such a strong confirmation bias that they don't actually care if they are factual, they just want to pump out their enviro-propaganda (in this guy's case he needs the propaganda because he is a 'green IT consultant' or some shit - basically, he personally profits from the propaganda). "Empty vessels make the most noise" is a cliche because it's true - and every moron like this guy undoes the work of countless other people who don't have such a strong activist agenda that they use to personally enrich themselves. __________________ I died.