Change Google's Background Color To Save Energy?

i_like_spam writes "Recent commentary at Nature Climate Change describes an on-going debate about the energy savings associated with the background colors used by high-traffic websites such as Google and the NYTimes. A back of the envelope calculation has suggested energy savings of 750 Megawatt hours per year if Google switched their background from white to black. In response, a new version of Google called Blackle was created. However, other calculations by the Wall Street Journal suggest minimal energy savings."

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Re:Black background?

[Asmodai]

From what I remember reading in some research is that a light grey text on a black background actually produces one of the best readable displays for your eyes.

Anyway, interesting read: http://www.writer2001.com/colwebcontrast.htm