Comments on: Greenseng: A Green Search Engine That Actually Conserves Energy

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 15:03:47 +0000

Truevert is another search engine that also claim to be green. It focuses on "green" issues related to environmental and sustainability issues. Truevert uses YAHOO's BOSS interface to retrieve relevant documents. Here is a list of features that Truevert provides: Truevert search engine

By: i want green

i want green — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:16:10 +0000

I found it on Wikipedia. ‘Eyes’ section . It really works fine and visible difference can be found in a week
http://www.officialiwant.com/

By: Marie-Jose Klaver » Het milieu-effect van Google

Marie-Jose Klaver » Het milieu-effect van Google — Sun, 11 Jan 2009 10:29:05 +0000

[...] die zelf werkzaam is voor de zoekmachine Greenseng. Greenseng is volgens de oprichters een milieuvriendelijke zoekmachine. De site maakt gebruik van Google�s Custom Search en meet de milieuvervuiling die wordt veroorzaakt [...]

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tinyComb » Blog Archive » Greenseng, Another Green Search Engine — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 03:56:34 +0000

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By: JockRusky

JockRusky — Sun, 28 Sep 2008 21:09:51 +0000

As an alternative try http://www.click4carbon.com

Click4carbon is an environmentally conscious search engine which donates 50% of profits to forestation projects worldwide.

It is also a Social Network. Their ECOmmunity is where you can make friends and discuss all things ‘green’.

They have also developed a fantastic carbon calculator which allows you to compare your footprint against the country you live.

You can also add the Footprint widget to your Facebook or MySpace profile and compare with your friends for a bit of fun.

Give it a go – you’ve got nothing to lose!

By: Alex Gross-Wissner

Alex Gross-Wissner — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:04:14 +0000

A fortnight prior during a lounge in the den, I began meditating on my current accomplishments. I mused, “Oh Mr. Gross-Wisner, you’ve helped spawn a scam of epic proportion, but what if you were to go so far as to create a marketing ploy _for_ said scam?” Enter: Greenseng.

Now, using complex heuristics, you can search the World Wide Web using Google’s search device via “Greenseng,” the definition of nothingness. You see, we’ve provisioned hardware and other energy-consuming resources to allow you to search Google, but “offset” them using the utterly unproven method of “carbon offsets” (purchased automatically by CO2Stats! Just enter payment info!) In essence, we have created “Item A” while simultaneously procuring “Item B” to offset “Item A,” thereby effectively doing nothing!

So, the next time you wish to search Google, but prefer to use an intermediary that exists only to offset its own existence, I advocate Greenseng!

By: Greenseng: Conserve Energy with a Green and Clean Search Engine | Startup Meme

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 09:27:24 +0000

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:50:43 +0000

Does anyone know where these sites buy the "carbon credits" from and where that money actually goes? Is it donated to green projects, or does the money get used to plant trees? Or does it just go in Al Gore's pocket?

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:20:22 +0000

I knew I could always count on useful information from TechCrunch users.

The website is not for those who do not follow a particular religion but for those who already follow it.

By: The Inquirer ES : Greenseng, el nuevo buscador que “conserva la energía”

The Inquirer ES : Greenseng, el nuevo buscador que “conserva la energía” — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 12:51:10 +0000

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By: Lelia Katherine Thomas

Lelia Katherine Thomas — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 11:47:30 +0000

Tell people they’ll burn in hell if they don’t use it? Seems to scare some people into following the religion, so it may work here.

By: Yesbut

Yesbut — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 10:08:36 +0000

Worrying over trivial details is a good way to reduce carbon emissions: no users.

By: Sean

Sean — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:30:36 +0000

This is better concept than Blackle which seems like a gimmick.

I have created a similar search engine (similar in concept) that will appeal to people of Christian faith (www.godlysearch.com). But I’m not really sure how to promote it. It does not help that I do not belong to any church but I think the concept is sound. Any ideas from Techcrunch readers will be appreciated.

http://www.GodlySearch.com

By: Johnnie

Johnnie — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 04:18:31 +0000

WOW! This is FANTASTIC – we need so little room really to reduce our use of -- or indeed to harvest solar energy – just the confidence to back this new (well actually very old) energy source.. We can all help to make wise climate change resource decisions – read the emergency triage response to current climate change crises at ActonClimate

By: Ryan Waggoner

Ryan Waggoner — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:19:01 +0000

What? How are they going to buy enough CO2 offsets to offset all of their users? How would they even know how much to buy? I believe you’re probably mistaken, Jason.

By: | Search Blog

| Search Blog — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 02:02:35 +0000

[...] Greenseng: A Green Search Engine That Actually Conserves Energy TechCrunch – USA Today, Y Combinator startup CO2Stats has launched a search engine that aspires to be truly green. Greenseng (sounds like Ginseng) is a standard search … See all stories on this topic [...]

By: Morgan

Morgan — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:33:04 +0000

How about an actual search engine that just actually uses fewer servers and power?
Gigablast has been doing that without annoyingly naming themselves GreenX or something.

http://gigablas....php?page=green

By: domo

domo — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:13:01 +0000

I think it’s your logic that doesnt work Jason. Buying carbon credits has always been dubios. no matter what you say about it, offsetting the energy usage of server has never been correct. You still use energy. Whats the point of buying carbon credits where in reality you still use a large amount of energyto sustain your server? Being green in search is not software related, it is HARDWARE related!

Im waiting for this startup to go to the deadpool. Next…

By: CityQueryTeam

CityQueryTeam — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:03:15 +0000

I really don’t know green’s concept . I think Google is best green site.

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By: Lelia Katherine Thomas

Lelia Katherine Thomas — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 01:00:10 +0000

Yawn.

By: Jason Kincaid

Jason Kincaid — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:48:34 +0000

I think the logic goes more like this:

Using Greenseng, impact is:
(Google_CO2+Greenseng_CO2+User_CO2) – (Greenseng_CO2 + User_CO2) = Google_CO2

Using Google:
Google_CO2+User_CO2

Greenseng removes the User_CO2. The company may also decide to pay for whatever Google’s carbon costs are (I’m not sure if they’re going to).

By: Ryan Waggoner

Ryan Waggoner — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:43:07 +0000

Actually, your logic doesn’t work. According to your post, they’re offsetting their own servers and users, but not Google’s:

Presumably, when you use Greenseng, your CO2 impact looks like this:
(Google_CO2 + Greenseng_CO2) – Greenseng_CO2 = Google_CO2

When you use Google, it looks like this:
Google_CO2

The net effect is the same, and I’d agree with a poster below that CO2 offsets are a “dubious method of energy conservation”, especially in this case, where the extra energy used (and then offset) serves no purpose.

This is a marketing gimmick.

By: Ryan Waggoner

Ryan Waggoner — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:38:47 +0000

What a blow.

By: tinyCrunch » Blog Archive » Greenseng, Another Green Search Engine

tinyCrunch » Blog Archive » Greenseng, Another Green Search Engine — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:34:31 +0000

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