TreeHugger attacks search giant for 'wasting electricity'

Google is famous for offering one of the most uncluttered user experiences on the internet, but the search giant's website has come under fire for not being environmentally friendly.

Environmental awareness site TreeHugger blasted Google's predominantly white web page because it uses more electricity to display on a CRT monitor.

A CRT monitor apparently uses about 74 watts to display an all-white web page, but only 59 watts to display an all-black page.

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