"What Does God Care What We Call Him?"

"What Does God Care What We Call Him? According to a Roman Catholic bishop in the Netherlands, we should all just use Allah so Muslims will like us better. I am not easily shocked, but I have to tell you, this one blew me away! I think that's an heretical view. Read Albert Mohler's take on it here"

Blackle - Energy Saving Search

Google in an eco friendly form

Save energy using Blackle instead of Google. Here is an explanation
from the site:

How is Blackle saving energy?

Blackle was created by Heap Media to remind us all of the need to take small steps in our everyday lives to save energy. Blackle searches are powered by Google Custom Search.

Blackle saves energy because the screen is predominantly black. "Image displayed is primarily a function of the user's color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open
application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen." Roberson et al, x_bu2002

In January 2007 a blog post titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year proposed the theory that a black version of the Google search engine would save a fair bit of energy due to the popularity of the search engine. Since then there has been skepticism about the significance of the energy savings that can be achieved and the cost in terms of readability of black web pages.

We believe that there is value in the concept because even if the energy savings are small, they all add up. Secondly we feel that seeing Blackle every time we load our web browser reminds us that we need to keep taking small steps to save energy.

As of now, it is estimated that 147,552.808 Watt hours have already been saved by this new black version of Google. Black is beautiful even in the virtual world!

If you keep a couple of tabs open, go back to the Blackle tab when you are not using the computer to save energy.

Check it out here: Blackle

UPDATE:  The previous post is not true for LCD monitors.  See the link below for more info

http://businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2007/tc20070814_994723.htm?chan=top+news_top+news+index_businessweek+exclusives

Green Speed Demons and Other Alternative Autos

This is Eco-friendly I like!

Click here to read about some of the newer, absolutely hot green cars.

Woman In Britain Forced To Pay For Her Own Hip Replacement

Britain is refusing to give hip replacements based on BMI, a ridiculously inaccurate measurement. If your BMI is over 35, no surgery for you. This means no bodybuilders or professional athletes need apply. Imagine the US DMV, IRS, and postal service teaming up to run our health care. AAAAHHHHHHHHH!!!!

Read the article here.