On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 1:46 PM, Medic <[email protected]> wrote: > Yeah... because somehow the pulp and paper industry is worse for the > environment then the microchip manufacturing industry. It's the young > people, with an outlook on life that everything is disposable, that are > fucking up the environment. I'm pretty sure getting a new cell phone every > year or two is worse than 50 phone books.
Producing the phone book, transporting raw materials, delivery of the final product, collection of it as a recyclable - all destructive environmentally. Phones are recycled too. Often they are not, even if they claim to be. But it **IS** recyclable too. If you consider all of the things a cell phone enables and replaces beyond just the phone book, I think the cell phone wins every time. -Cameron ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:338980 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
