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Interesting Fact # 1016 - Carbon Footprint

According to US physicist Alex Wissner-Gross, a typical Google search on a desktop computer produces about 7g CO2.

(This means that two search requests on the internet produces "as much carbon dioxide as boiling a kettle". Google says that a a typical search produced only 0.2g of carbon dioxide. I want to know what a typical search is!)

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