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The Environmental Cost of Silicon Chips

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the take-only-tantalum-leave-only-footprints dept.

Col. Panic writes "Scientific American is running a small story about the amount of material required to produce silicon chips and the potential hazards of associated toxic chemicals." This combined with coltan mining processes sure paints a dark picture of the chip industry.

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  1. Re:save some for the fishies!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The water is used in coffee, Coke and other caffeinated drinks by the nerds who design the chips.

  2. Newsflash! by Noryungi · · Score: 5, Funny

    Complex chemical compounds can be harmful to your health and to the environment! (Wow!)

    And, in related news, Bill Gates is incredibly rich and Saddam Hussein may not be such a nice guy after all! (Amazing!)

    More information in our next news program... Film at 11.

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  3. as if a geek's taken a breath of fresh air lately by colnago · · Score: 5, Funny
    a *real* geek doesn't get outside enough to care about the environment.


    Okay, it's not very funny. Don't laugh.

  4. Re:A clean room by mr_z_beeblebrox · · Score: 5, Funny

    But there won't be any environmentally safe process anytime in the near future.

    That's not hardly fair. We have a newly structured govt. in the US that is pushing hard for greener processes. They will cut taxes for big industry, relax emission standards etc...all so our children can have a greener environment to grow up in. Of course green is the color of more than grass.