From: Greg Schmitz (gws1@columbia.edu)
Date: 10/26/02-07:09:46 PM Z
On Wed, 31 Dec 1969, Joe wrote:
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> Frankly I can't afford to spend the money experimenting and have a lot
> of reservations about the careless use of gallons of chemistry that
> isn't exactly environmentally friendly. I'd advocate digital for the
> latter reason.
I've brought this about before - but where do you get the idea that
digital photography is environmentally "friendly?" The semiconductor
industry has traditionally been (and still is) one of dirtiest around.
Just reading the list of compounds that gets pumped into the air,
water, and ground when manufacturing "digital" chips is damn near
enough to give you cancer. Jeez - the "average" desktop machine
contains 6-8 lbs of lead - many municipalities now charge to pick-up
computers and other semi-conductor based machines because of the
increased cost of disposal. And what about the negative environmental
effects of power generation - do you think the electricity your
machine uses just comes out of the wall by itself? Even the computer
industry has dropped their "environmentally friendly" marketing
nonsense.
-greg schmitz <gws1@columbia.edu>
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"Society is composed of persons who cannot design, build, repair, or
even operate most of the devices upon which their lives depend. In
this sense, specialists of various stripes are left to trade on each
other's ignorance.
-Langdon Winner
AUTONOMOUS TECHNOLOGY (MIT 1977)
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