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A Party of Five
15-04-2008, 23:34
:detective: Is any one else using the eco friendly search engine? I think it's a great idea :idea:

http://www.ecocho.com.au/
Laksa
15-04-2008, 23:38
looks good, will check it out.
canberramomma
15-04-2008, 23:50
I've been using Blackle as my search engine and the NASA night launch as my background for a while now to conserve energy, but I'll check the Eco thing out!
Funkychicken
16-04-2008, 20:06
I'm a BLACKLE girl too but this one looks interesting. I wonder if there is a comparison of these, and possibly other more eco-friendly search engines, available?
the_queen
16-04-2008, 20:08
Stupid question alert: Huh? Someone explain how a search engine can be good/bad for the environment, and how I can do better. Obviously I am completely ignorant about this!
Funkychicken
16-04-2008, 20:23
Stupid question alert: Huh? Someone explain how a search engine can be good/bad for the environment, and how I can do better. Obviously I am completely ignorant about this!
Having just checked out Ecocho, it says that for every 1000 searches made using it, it will plant two trees to offset the carbon emissions.

Blackle, on the other hand, is a black home page which uses a whole lot less energy to create than a white background.

:goodvibes:
Funkychicken
24-04-2008, 10:47
I switched over to the Ecocho one but apparently google have taken away their search engine connection with them. I haven't read the whole story yet but Yahoo is the only search engine you can use with it. :thumbsdown:

This is a link to Blackle. :thumbsup:

http://www.blackle.com/
naiwen
24-04-2008, 10:59
Funkychicken (cool name lol) do you know if blackle is still power saving when you use it with an LCD computer screen?
Funkychicken
24-04-2008, 23:47
Funkychicken (cool name lol) do you know if blackle is still power saving when you use it with an LCD computer screen?
Sorry, I have no idea on that one. My tech-talk is very limited! :D

Oh, and I have always loved your name. I always read it as a combination of nelwyn (little people from Willow) and Arwen (Lord of the rings). Two of my fav movies. :goodvibes::goodvibes: