You might find it interesting to note that a lot of the 1970s green enthusiasm died with the election of Reagan, who had, in his first two years, removed all subsidies for projects focused on developing renewables...anyway, a link that's germane to much of your response:
http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/03/how-to-green-your-electronics.php -- Rhett. http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime > Disposal of computers and other electronic devices is another part of > the jigsaw. Again its not good, certainly in the EU manufacturers are > now being made responsible for the cost of disposal of the goods they > manufacture, once they reach end of life. This is in part due to > llimits & increased costs on landfill disposal. Recycling in general > is improving but I sometimes see disturbing pictures on the TV of > waste that has been sent from here to India or China, where poor > people melt it down and expose themselves to many harmful chemicals :( > > Steve Elbows > > --- In [email protected], "J. Rhett Aultman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> Steve, >> >> The fever pitch, in a lot of ways, is already here, and it has been > for a >> while. Plenty of so-called "green" products are coopting the > marketing of >> "greenness" for the purpose of selling but are not green in and of >> themselves. I actually think things have gotten better as people are >> starting to take a "show me the money" attitude. >> >> Also, the USDOE has plenty of figures refuting that argument about solar >> panels, and not all biofuels are bad. ;) >> >> -- >> Rhett. >> http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime >> >> > My biggest fear is that as talk of green & sustainable issues reaches >> > fever pitch, there are going to be so mny things that sound good but >> > are actually bad. Many of the carbon offsetting programs are murky and >> > its hard to be sure how much genuine difference they are actually >> > making. Its no use getting a solar panel if the energy used to make it >> > is greater than all the energy the device will generate in a lifetime. >> > And dont even get me started on biofuels. >> > >> > Cheers >> > >> > Steve Elbows >> > --- In [email protected], "J. Rhett Aultman" <wlight@> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> > How green is video-blogging itself? >> >> > >> >> > Do personal computers and video cameras grow on trees? Or, are they >> >> > made out of petro-chemicals? >> >> > >> >> > What is the carbon footprint of the equipment used to product a >> >> > videoblog? Does that include the internet infra-structure? >> >> > >> >> > Where can I buy carbon credits to cover the electricity used in the >> >> > making and distribution of my video blog? What is the >> >> > carbon-unit-per-minute-of-videoblog rate? Could I win a prize on >> >> > "Vlogging for Dollars" to cover it? >> >> >> >> Well... >> >> >> >> * There's a company offering wind-powered web hosting. We may >> > transition >> >> Greentime to them in the future, depeding on a few things. >> >> >> >> * Vloggers can, of course, be choosy with their equipment and buy > only >> >> what they need, ensuring low use. >> >> >> >> * Many utility companies now offer green electricity for a tiny >> > extra fee >> >> (here it's about $10/month). >> >> >> >> * Dell will let you purchase offsets for the computer you buy. >> >> >> >> * You can always charge the camera and laptop battery with solar. >> >> >> >> ...really, all this leaves is the electricity used in bandwidth >> >> generation, and if you can quanitfy it, you could buy an offset. >> >> >> >> Oh, and if you covered this, we'd love to mention it or run an >> > excerpt on >> >> Greentime. >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Rhett. >> >> http://www.weatherlight.com/freetime >> >> http://www.weatherlight.com/greentime >> >> >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > Yahoo! Groups Links >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > >
