Powering a Google search
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.. it sounds a lot like NOT performing two Google searches on a desktop computer would produce between 13-14g of CO2.
I read in another article that some other study tried to factor wether or not you would need to start your computer up or not .. and how far around the world the data would have to travel.
I may just be cynical, but this sounds alot like an attempt to make ordinary people feel guilty about killing the planet, just by living -- in turn to make them turn to the whole buying indulgences for your climate sins (including Googling, apparently) trend.
Google's figure accounts for usage of power the google search actually utilizes.
Both of these are skewed figures, reflecting the agendas of the two. The doctor has a site he wants to promote, google has a "green" label they want to keep.
Honest question: is that correct grammar? ("as many greenhouse gasses")
However, there is a meme of dodgy word endings in use at the moment, popularized by Jeremy Clarkson on top gear talking about cars having x many torques instead of x N/m of torque. This may be deliberately in that style.