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posted February 23rd 2009 1:30PM
Apparently I'm not like you then.
well then, according to Engadget you are an eco-terrorist.
I looked at the "top 50" gadget ideas, and I think they probably should've had just a "top 10", because a toilet paper roll with a polar bear figure stuck on the end doesn't really make my list of "green gadgets", while entries like the SmartSwitch actually have some coolness built in.
People still think global warming is man made?
2000 called...
wow I feel sorry for you.
The arrogance of thinking we cause global warming!
Sometimes, these things are solutions in search of a problem. Being green or going green from a technological standpoint is not about new gadgets so much as it is about lowering the cost of existing technology and changing behaviors and attitudes towards gadgets. For example, motion-sensing light switches for the main light fixture of every room would probably save lots of electricity. As well, water heaters that heat water as it is being used through the peltier effect installed at the destination would save on natural gas and oil usage. Making not cities and towns, but surburbia more friendly to walking and biking would probably save on gas consumption. Green technology already exists. It's just too expensive resource-wise to implement.
As for things like cell phones and PMP's and such, well, the consolidation of gadgets helps, but also not buying the Next Cool Thing(tm) every 6 months probably helps too. And making an effort to keep the old stuff in good condition so that it's more worthwhile to sell and lasts longer in the potential buyer's hands would also reduce the ecological impact.
Global warming, I mean climate change, is the most pressing issue of the day. Much more important than the fact that the United States is out of money, and is somehow getting ready to spend multiple-trillions of dollars on questionably-relevant economic programs.
The global recession is is far more likely to impact more peoples lives than the earths temperature incrementally rising for unknown reasons.
You would think more companies would kinda go this way. I hope it picks up, I don't like the idea of the world blowing up faster because of these electronics.
well, the problem is how to stop this global issue. Let's think towards that.
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