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Greenpeace Decries Lack of Environmental Progress From Console Makers
SwiftyNifty writes with an update to Greenpeace's 2007 criticism of game console manufacturers over environmental concerns. Their claim was that some of the chemicals used to make the consoles were toxic, and that the manufacturers' recycling practices were not up to snuff. Two years have passed, and Greenpeace now says that progress is either slow or non-existent.
"... Nintendo has little plan to remove PVC and almost no plans to remove [brominated flame retardants]. Slightly further up the scale, Microsoft was again awarded a poor ranking due to the use of toxic waste materials. And Sony, who rank rather well in their mobile phone partnership with Ericsson (scoring 6.5 out of 10 for improved toxic waste and efficient energy usage) didn't perform as well in the console category, failing to eliminate PVC or BFRs from their gaming products."
Not a surprise in the least. Nothing can be fun and safe anymore.
Anything can be found funny, from a certain point of view.
That's a good thing though. It will give future robots something to do while they clean up the planet.
Greenpeace has not only jumped the shark, they're now in geosynchronous orbit above it.
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Where is the French Navy when you needed them!
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I heard this story once and I absolutely love it. Sadly, no sources, so it may be apocryphal.
The story goes that Greenpeace's latest publicity stunt was to try and protect seals in the arctic from getting poached, so they decide they would make their skins worthless to the poachers by spraying the seals with bright green paint. As it turns out, however, the main defense of arctic seals against their natural predators (polar bears) is to lay perfectly still, with eyes closed, hoping to blend into the snowy/icy background to evade detection. Thanks to Greenpeace, these seals were now visible from miles away and, not knowing they were now targets, would just lie perfectly still while polar bears raced towards and devoured them.
Hooray for Greenpeace.
Trust me, kids; don't drink and post.
Not to mention, the green paint poisoning the polar bears!
Sadly, that seems an entirely accurate metaphor for what Greenpeace does in the world today. Anti-enviromental bastards.
I was previously in favor of Greenpeace until the sinking of the Rainbow Warrior in 1985. Once it became obvious that they hated rainbows and fought with them, it led me to some serious questions about their real love for the environment. When even the French secret services have step in to stop you killing rainbows, it's time to accept you hate nature.
greenpeace = piece of the green
I don't know about you, but I don't replace all the drainpipes in my house every few years. In fact I've lived in this house 10 years and not touched the ones that were here when we moved in.
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For the most part pointless, they apparently spend most of their time trying to come up with new crap in order to try and justify their existence, and are often only noticed when people mock the next stupid thing they've come up with.
And yes, I was so gutless I waited until I got home to post this, just in case someone else from the ^H^H^H ... ahhhh, you nearly got me there.