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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."
/me waits for all of the comments about the newish small form factor PCs...
I will waste as much as I want by buying new computers and throwing the old ones away! Try and stop me, suckers!
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The car manufacturing cost in raw materials a lot more (steel only make more then 800 kg ). I think it's a lot more reasonable to ask people use old cars, instead of using old PC.
Get real. Computers are plastic, silicon, metal. There is no f'ing way that it takes 1.8 TONS of materials to churn out your average pc. 1.8 Tons is the total average weight of a midsize car! Cars have computers in them too! So the computer in the car, combined with the naviation/gps systems, dvd player and other goodies, AND the car itself must by the laws of this article consumed the GDP of Haiti to be produced! :)
"Jeremy, you need to get to an internet cafe and cut and paste some appropriate sentiments about me from the world wide
WTF does the verb leverage mean? Suddenly I'm seeing and hearing it everywhere and I don't understand. I have a feeling it has replaced "facilitate" as a word misused by idiots who want to say "use" but sound more intelligent and important people around them.
use -> utilize -> facilitate -> leverage
Am I right?
Only costs the ability to find internet access and remembering /.'s URL.
Fuck the Moderators
Fuck W Bush
Fuck Windows
Fuck Spam
Fuck Lawyers
FUCK YOU!
This is a UN inspired rationale to PREVENT poor countries from investing in compute technology. Clearly the UN 'university' would prefer that all that economic development shift back to rich countries, 'where it belongs' instead of consuming precious natural resources otherwise critical for homeless urchins, women chained to power looms and puppies.
I find it very humourous that one second you tell me to get some humanity... and then call me a 'stupid moron' and suggest that I should choke to death on a hamburger and fries.
... you know what this word means, right ... respect. And, my definition of humanity includes the ability to call someone a moron if, in fact, I believe they are being a moron, and you sir are being a moron. Where in my original post did I say "truck all that valuable water across the planet to the starving villages"? I didn't. You set that up for the point of argument, and in my world, that is moronic. Where am I being 'New Age'-inclined? Eh?
... all I said was, that water may or may not be ecologically damaging, until you've done an assessment on where it goes and where it comes from, you can't say. More than likely, it could be used for better purposes than building frat-boys' plastic parts for their shiney CPU fans on computers that get rarely used for anything more than wanking and e-mail to Mom asking for more beer cash ...
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... maybe not.
... I think there are newsgroups for that.
I figured you'd respond to your own mode of communication a little more than were I to issue a modicum of
Do yourself a favour, look up 'sequitur' some time
Of course, I don't agree with the economic policies that force pollution out to 3rd will countries- but there isnt' a damn thing that can be done to stop it until those countries force
Wrong! What it takes is for Americans to start giving a damn about their runaway-train politicians and the special interests they serve, and stop supporting forced globalization in area's that don't even have a basic sanitation system for the indiginous population.
What it'll take is less SUV's, less American TV Dinners, fewer yearly Television Upgrades and more care from smart people who have a chance to actually make a difference. Maybe a Chemical Engineer Level IV (ooh, Level IV!!!) could make a difference, but then again
As for your sheep photo collection
; -- the corruption of government starts with its secrets. a truly free people keep no secrets. --
concidering ,you deserve it.(moot)
*The U.S.A. got into WWII because it cared about the rest of the world.(moot)
*Yes it made the mistake of helping set it up.Go figure which kind of administration did it.(interesting but irrelevant)
*If you need a power other than your own countrys government to guide you and control you,go ahead
Bottomline What I propose is realistic in that we dont usually comply with U.N. morons anyway.
*Repent!Quit Your Job!Slack Off!The World Ends Tomorrow and You May Die!