"William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The really ironic part of this scenario is that computers
>themselves are among the worst polluters now. They are a
>manufactured object, which eats up natural resources and energy
>resources to produce, then they eat up more energy resources in
>use, and then after a couple of years, they are discarded en
>masse for a new generation of computers, the old ones relegated
>to a shelf in the basement or a landfill somewhere.
>William Robb
Yep. And computer motherboards, hard drives, etc. have lots of nasty pollutants
in them.
I'd actually be interested in comparing the pollution created by the computer
industry with that of the photographic industry. I think photography would be
the loser in this comparison, but then I do live within spitting distance of
Kodak Park ;) I also think the life cycle of computers and associated equipment
is geting longer, if fractionally so: Not only are people getting truly fed up
with upgrading but the performance benefits of doing so are getting smaller with
each round.
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