--- john levin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > As featured on Slashdot, the Greens have issued a (somewhat hyperbolic) > statement against Vista: > Green Party asks: who has the key to your Vista PC? > http://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2851
On this subject: "The environmental impact of each new power-hungry, polluting computer is significant. A recent UN study found that 1.8 tons of raw material are required to manufacture the average desktop computer and monitor. Roughly 240 kilograms of fossil fuels, 22 kilograms of chemicals and 1,500 kilograms of water are used to make a desktop PC and a 17 inch CRT monitor.14 The environmental costs become alarming when considering how precipitously new PCs are being produced. Over 1 billion PCs had been produced in the world by the end of year 2002. The Computer Industry Almanac predicts that cumulative total will double within six years to over 2 billion by the year 2008.15" "In 1995, the production of a single six-inch silicon wafer required 3,200 cubic feet of bulk gases, 22 cubic feet of hazardous gases, 2,275 gallons of deionized water, 20 pounds of chemicals, and 285 kilowatt hours of electrical power. In the process, 25 pounds of sodium hydroxide, 2,840 gallons of waste water, and 7 pounds of miscellaneous hazardous wastes were generated.16" See this article for the whole story, references etc: http://www.ciber-runa.net/guide/BetterUpgrade--ActivistGuide.html -- "We do not inherit the earth http://backtobreath.com/ from our ancestors; ...-- __@ we borrow it from our children" ....--- _\<,_ -- Antoine de St. Exupery (_) (_) Reg. user: Linux #390621 Ubuntu #7291 ___________________________________________________________ New Yahoo! Mail is the ultimate force in competitive emailing. Find out more at the Yahoo! Mail Championships. Plus: play games and win prizes. http://uk.rd.yahoo.com/evt=44106/*http://mail.yahoo.net/uk -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/