Environmental Impact of the Ubiquitous Microchip

TimWeigel writes "The Japan Times is reporting the results of a study by the United Nations University on the environmental impact of michrochip production. We've already seen the impact of disposal practices, but is the manufacturing more environmentally friendly? Turns out it ain't necessarily so - according to the study, producing and using a 32MB DRAM chip weighing 2 grams requires 32 kg of water, 1.6 kg of fossil fuels, 700 g of elemental gases, and 72 g of other chemicals, many of which are hazardous. I'm no environmentalist, but this looks like it might add up to more bad news when you consider that these things are cranked out by the millions each year." Update: 01/26 16:31 GMT by J : Yep, it's a dupe.

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It's a dupe

[adavidw]

Say what yoyu will about CmdrTaco, but at least he's consistent. Every story he posts is a duplicate!

-Aaron

Re:Duplicate.

[eXtro]

CmdrTaco is too busy to read this site, slashdot, which you speak of. He and his co-workers are too busy providing the excellent editorial content which we have all become accustomed to. Do you have any idea how much work goes into editing submissions for grammatical and spelling errors? Could you even imagine what this site would look like without Rob's hard work in this area?

We can expect a few spelling mistakes or grammatical errors in the commentary section, however heads would roll if any were to make the front page. Not only that, but inflammatory, sensationalized or factually incorrect articles would be the norm otherwise. Perhaps even duplicate stories would grace the front page.

Why, it's these services which make a paid subscription to this site so worthwhile, and why if any of these problems ever make the front page I will immediately cancel my subscription.