Have you all seen Blackle yet?

From the Blackle about page:
In January 2007 a blog post titled Black Google Would Save 750 Megawatt-hours a Year proposed the theory that a black version of the Google search engine would save a fair bit of energy due to the popularity of the search engine. Since then there has been skepticism about the significance of the energy savings that can be achieved and the cost in terms of readability of black web pages.

We believe that there is value in the concept because even if the energy savings are small, they all add up. Secondly we feel that seeing Blackle every time we load our web browser reminds us that we need to keep taking small steps to save energy.

Hmm. Something to think about.

Blackle does offer a list of energy-saving tips, but one thing, I believe, is missing: since I spend almost none of my internet time on the actual Google page (that's what toolbars are for!) I wonder why the folks at Blackle don't go so far as to actually encourage web designers to darken up their sites a bit.

Granted, I reach this conclusion only after a moment of self-satisfied realization that my own quasi-political website, built largely in sexy Dem blue to best coordinate with Senator John Kerry and his fetching array of neckties, probably consumes less energy than, say, Democratic Underground. (Or should I call it Whiteocratice Whiterground?)

And that realization felt really good. Thank you, sense of self-satisfaction. You have always, always been there for me.

Anyway, I'm going to go where Blackle didn't, and implore everybody to Go Darker If You Love John Kerry, and to Go Darker Even if You Don't! Consider changing up the colors of any website or blog you might use, and check the display preferences on your email programs to see if you can view your messages in something other than catering-tablecloth white.

If you're not already using a dark desktop background and screensaver, consider finding those, too. If you need help, I'll be providing some Kerrycrat webcandy this week, so check back for that.

But first, Go Dark and Kerry On!