Two Google Searches 'Produce Same CO2 As Boiling A Kettle'

A physicist from Harvard University has published a report stating that conducting a typical search on Google generates about 7g of carbon dioxide - about half what it generated when boiling a kettle.

The emissions are caused both by the electricity required to power a user's computer and send their request to servers around the world.

Google disputes the findings and says that about 0.2 grams of CO2 are produced when conducting a search.

I'm going to have to limit my egosearching to just once a day! [via]