Comments on: Computer chips destroying the planet http://stilgherrian.com/ecology/computer_chips_destroy_planet/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive le poisson rouge sauvages! Fri, 05 Sep 2008 08:32:59 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/ecology/computer_chips_destroy_planet/#comment-7913 Stilgherrian Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:59:38 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/ecology/computer_chips_destroy_planet/#comment-7913 <strong>@Garth:</strong> I reckon you'd have a lot more than 100 chips in your footprint. I'm looking around my desk now -- three computers, one mobile phone, one cordless landline, a set of speakers, and iPod, a little digital camera thingo, a USB memory key, my passport (RFID-enabled) -- I reckon that's well over 100 chips there and I haven't even turned my head yet, let alone stood up. @Garth: I reckon you’d have a lot more than 100 chips in your footprint. I’m looking around my desk now — three computers, one mobile phone, one cordless landline, a set of speakers, and iPod, a little digital camera thingo, a USB memory key, my passport (RFID-enabled) — I reckon that’s well over 100 chips there and I haven’t even turned my head yet, let alone stood up.

]]> By: Garth http://stilgherrian.com/ecology/computer_chips_destroy_planet/#comment-7911 Garth Thu, 23 Aug 2007 03:24:27 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/ecology/computer_chips_destroy_planet/#comment-7911 Weight-for-weight is too easy. Let's try per capita, instead. They give the input:output ratio as 700:1 for the chip, compared to 2:1 for the car. The car weighs a million times more than the chip. Even if I have a hundred chips in my footprint, thanks to use of networked computers, that's still only 140kg of inputs compared to at least 1,000kg for my share of the car. That's one bucketload of water, though. No pun intended. Weight-for-weight is too easy. Let’s try per capita, instead.

They give the input:output ratio as 700:1 for the chip, compared to 2:1 for the car. The car weighs a million times more than the chip. Even if I have a hundred chips in my footprint, thanks to use of networked computers, that’s still only 140kg of inputs compared to at least 1,000kg for my share of the car.

That’s one bucketload of water, though. No pun intended.

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