Does Google save energy by going black?

Question

It claims it doesnt because "Modern displays use the same amount of power regardless of what they display"

But what about Blackle.com? It claims it's saved 535,441.256 Watt hours.

Is Google lying or is Blackle lying?

Answer 1

no

Blackle is lying

it saves no energy

they are doing it to make a point

I DOESN'T SAVE

IT still projects the same amount

because  its giving off color still

there is no diff

but i dont' get itbecause they are both google

i think they doing it to encourage people idk

Answer 2

black Google is very cool today

Answer 3

Not likely.

What did Blackle do?  Shut down a couple of of their servers for 10 minutes.  Whoopty-do...

They're both lying.

Answer 4

No, older computers used to save energy by turning their modems black, but modern computers use the same amount of energy no matter the color.

Google explains this info in this link:

http://www.google.com/intl/en/earthhour/