Submitted by stevenmansour on October 17, 2007 - 11:35pm
As noted, an all white web page uses about 74 watts to display, while an all black page uses only 59 watts.
- The energy lowdown on black vs. white webpages.
While the debate rages on about whether how much more energy-efficient it is for web pages to be served on a black background instead of a white one (eg, "Black Google would save 3000 megawatts"), there is still little doubt that some energy savings would occur across the board.
