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[–] 6 points 1 month ago* (5 children)

AI-powered searches consume roughly ten times more energy than standard Google searches.

When you're Googling something add "-ai" (without the quotes to the end of your search string. It will skip processing the search with and AI and answer and presumably drop your Google search CO2 footprint by 90%.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

    Or you can reduce it by 100% by not using google at all.

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  • [–] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    Your search with any search engine will produce CO2.

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