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=== Energy consumption === In 2009, Google claimed that a search query requires altogether about 1 [[Joule|kJ]] or 0.0003 [[Kilowatt hours|kW·h]],<ref>[http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/powering-google-search.html Blogspot.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090729054622/http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/powering-google-search.html |date=July 29, 2009 }}, Powering a Google search</ref> which is enough to raise the temperature of one liter of water by 0.24 °C. According to green search engine [[Ecosia]], the industry standard for search engines is estimated to be about 0.2 grams of CO<sub>2</sub> emission per search.<ref>[https://ecosia.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201531072-How-does-Ecosia-neutralize-a-search-s-CO2-emissions-] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190328125253/https://ecosia.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201531072-How-does-Ecosia-neutralize-a-search-s-CO2-emissions-|date=March 28, 2019}} How does Ecosia neutralize a search's CO2 emissions?</ref> Google's 40,000 searches per second translate to 8 kg CO<sub>2</sub> per second or over 252 million kilos of CO<sub>2</sub> per year.<ref>[http://www.internetlivestats.com/google-search-statistics/] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150204095944/http://www.internetlivestats.com/google-search-statistics/|date=February 4, 2015}} Google Search Statistics</ref>
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