The Environmental Cost of Silicon Chips 201
Col. Panic writes "Scientific American is running a small story about the amount of material required to produce silicon chips and the potential hazards of associated toxic chemicals." This combined with coltan mining processes sure paints a dark picture of the chip industry.
How much energy does it take then... (Score:1, Funny)
I refuse to use them. (Score:4, Funny)
Of course my computer doesnt work, but at least i'm helping the environment.
That's it! (Score:4, Funny)
save some for the fishies!!! (Score:4, Funny)
ROTF (Score:1, Funny)
Re:save some for the fishies!!! (Score:5, Funny)
Re:How much energy does it take then... (Score:0, Funny)
Newsflash! (Score:5, Funny)
And, in related news, Bill Gates is incredibly rich and Saddam Hussein may not be such a nice guy after all! (Amazing!)
More information in our next news program... Film at 11.
Thankfully, I use an AMD K6-2-350 (Score:2, Funny)
as if a geek's taken a breath of fresh air lately (Score:5, Funny)
Okay, it's not very funny. Don't laugh.
Re:A clean room (Score:5, Funny)
That's not hardly fair. We have a newly structured govt. in the US that is pushing hard for greener processes. They will cut taxes for big industry, relax emission standards etc...all so our children can have a greener environment to grow up in. Of course green is the color of more than grass.
New Linux Add (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Benefit too great (Score:2, Funny)
The benefit that the microprocessor has brought to human society far outweighs any environmental cost.
What? Like, the digital watch?
Re:The chemicals (Score:3, Funny)
A superhero doped with arsenic, making him able to conduct electricity one way but not the other? What would you call him? The Human Diode?
Re:save some for the fishies!!! (Score:2, Funny)
Don't eat the product.