Enviro-loonies now attacking Google
Enviro-loonies now attacking Google
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Soovy

Original Poster:

35,829 posts

300 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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So, apparently a Google search generates half the CO2 emissions of boiling a kettle.

I wish these luddites would just f ck off


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/scienceandtechnology/te...




rich1231

17,340 posts

289 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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Shame you didnt boil a kettle before posting that.

Steve996

1,240 posts

244 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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Think I'll just settle back with nice hot cup of tea and google that - just to be sure of the stats...

Tycho

12,272 posts

302 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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I know you were thinking of the planet but you could have done a search before posting hehewink

Linky

Mark-2

1,338 posts

235 months

GKP

15,099 posts

270 months

thinfourth2

32,414 posts

233 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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Half the CO2 emissions of a boiling kettle

Not very much then as mostly what comes out of my kettle is water vapour which is a far worse green house gas then CO2 but why let a few facts get in the way of a few ecomentalists that want everyone to live in a cave and cuddle lentils for warmth

Plotloss

67,280 posts

299 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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dickkark

748 posts

250 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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These feckers should be taught a lesson.
Someone should organise a natinowide synchronized revving of enginesspin
Nothing under three litres,the greedier the better.
Give them something to really moan about.

Kinky

39,941 posts

298 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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tinman0

18,231 posts

269 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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Hopelessly flawed statistics in this article. Can't believe anyone takes it so seriously.

mitzy

13,858 posts

226 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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So when you google porn sites does it use more ?

biggrin

tinman0

18,231 posts

269 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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mitzy said:
So when you google porn sites does it use more ?

biggrin
only if you are doing an image search wink

benoli

1,351 posts

218 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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GKP said:
rofl
Can't believe I actually clicked on that link !

turbobloke

117,128 posts

289 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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Time to put the kettle on coffee

gamefreaks

2,067 posts

216 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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I don't think this is a repost, but I think you should do a search just to be sure!!! wink

mitzy

13,858 posts

226 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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tinman0 said:
mitzy said:
So when you google porn sites does it use more ?

biggrin
only if you are doing an image search wink
hehe

Furyous

25,679 posts

250 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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Just googled it four times, just to be really sure.

My google search was for "carbon footprint".





O/T - Did you book onto the Palmersport day Soov ?

Edited by Furyous on Sunday 11th January 17:13

Fort Jefferson

8,237 posts

251 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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So "Enviro-loonies" are all going to stop using the internet?

DocJock

8,722 posts

269 months

Sunday 11th January 2009
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Because , of course, I only ever fire up my PC to do a 15 minute Google search and nothing else whilst it's switched on...

Morons.