[sdiy] OT : environmental cost of computer chips

[Martin Fay]

>So, if I buy a computer every second year, I pollute like
>driving a car for maybe 10 hours. The chip is 350 times more
>dangerous to the environment than the car.  Because it
>weighs less. 
>
>They must have taken the university class Evil Algebra 2. I
>missed that one.

Nah, this is Evil Algebra to at least MSc level. They've managed to
sweep under the carpet the fact cars tend to use at least as many
chips as a computer.


Martin

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