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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:Thankfully, I use an AMD K6-2-350 by squarefish · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Actually, I kinda liked Austin, TX

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