Revealed: The Times Made Up That Stuff About Google

Revealed: The Times Made Up That Stuff About Google January 13, 2009

Filed under: News — jaykeating @ 10:48 am

Yesterday an article in The Times of London set the web abuzz over new findings that every Google search contributed 7 grams of CO2 to the atmosphere – half the amount produced when heating a tea kettle (heaven forbid!). I criticized the article for being overly alarmist, with a lack of perspective and possible bias. Google also responded…

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