Manufacturing 1 PC Takes 1.8 Tons Of Raw Material

remy writes "Although most of it (1.5 metric tons) is water, a study from the United Nations University details the raw materials used in the manufacture of a PC and 17" CRT. That's an incredible environmental cost per PC, and a very strong argument for trying to leverage older equipment, not to mention upgrading rather than replacing."

Comments

Re:tons

[kasperd]

AFAIK a ton is always one Mg (megagram).

Re:Make me feel good...

[ssbljk]

we should be happy
according to it's weight compared to PC's
they had to make real disaster to build ENIAC

Re:Make me feel good...

[Entropius]

The US did not enter WWII until the Japanese forced us to. We stayed out as long as we could.

The UN wasn't considered a mistake until recent American presidents decided they didn't want to play nice with the rest of the world. Nobody else seems to have a problem with the UN, really, other than countries that abuse their own people (Zimbabwe, etc.)

I certainly don't mind "guidance" from the UN, as you put it, in light of the "guidance" we get from the US administration. They've brought us the Patriot Act, John Ashcroft, bans on medically-useful research because it might piss off some fundamentalists, etc.

Re:Make me feel good...

[flyneye]

yeah but once we were in,we cleaned house,though the primary motivation was gone.

The u.n. has been concidered a mistake by all but the t.v. hypnotized since its inception.

I'd much rather have guidance from government that I elected and can petition than a buncha parasite infested hoodlums bent on harnessing and muzzling the u.s. If you dont like the way things go now,write your represenatives.
Try that with the U.N.,go ahead,write them a letter,send em a card,beg,plead.do any good?...thot not.

Re:Make me feel good...

[bladernr]

The USA was the big proponent of setting up the UN, that it turned into what it is now is something you can in part blame the same USA for due to its absurd abuse of its veto power (look it up, there are more vetos from the USA then all other members of the security council together)

This statement is patently false. The Soviet Union in fact has more vetos than any other permanent member.

Now, historically speaking, that may be the U.S's fault. The U.S. used to introduce resolutions condemning the USSR for this or that, just to embarass the USSR and force them into the veto, so you can't squarly place the blame anywhere. However, the fact is, the USSR (now Russia, but quickly heading back to being the USSR) is the leading user of vetors.