A recent article in the Sunday Times regarding Google's carbon emissions sent the corporation's public relations team into a frenzy.
The Times journalist apparently had an axe to grind with Google. Alex Wissner-Gross, the scientist cited in the Times article, retorts that his research didn't even mention Google. The official Google blog claims that their data centers are the most energy efficient data centers in the world. A single Google search consumes about 0.3 watt-hours and releases a mere 0.2 grams of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Yellow journalism at its finest!
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