They have been paying their taxes. But solar cells on the iPhones would be nice.Good for them, all they have to do now is pay their taxes
They have been paying their taxes. But solar cells on the iPhones would be nice.Good for them, all they have to do now is pay their taxes
Good for them, all they have to do now is pay their taxes
Can someone tell me how Apple’s retail stores achieve such? Some of them are located in malls which I don’t think Apple clan control where the power comes from. Do they simply produce more energy than they are using and then use that as a means to claim that they are 100% renewable?
It’s so self-important.Good they do so well regarding renewable energy but I still hate this (Tim Cook) comment below.
Someone can correct me if I’m wrong here, but Yes. They buy or make sure they produce enough renewable energy to cover their usage. What comes out of the sockets in the retail stores might be coal, there is just no way to control that. Unless you connect the store directly to a wind farm, but that doesn’t work when the wind is not blowing.. you get the idea.
Can someone tell me how Apple’s retail stores achieve such? Some of them are located in malls which I don’t think Apple clan control where the power comes from. Do they simply produce more energy than they are using and then use that as a means to claim that they are 100% renewable?
Ah, “off sets.” Like planting a tree if you use too much fossil fuel? I see.They purchase electricity from green energy companies, which feed it into the grid. The energy they consume may not be directly green, but it is offset by the supply of green energy.
Wow, it must have been difficult to make this happen at the retail stores.
I believe in NY they choose a power supplier that has renewable sources? I have that option with the Electric Service on my home. It's the most expensive supplier option.![]()
once finished, will offer a total of 1.4 gigawatts of clean renewable energy
I don’t think you can ever truly be “carbon neutral.” The attempt and intent is nice, but I’m not sure planting trees to offset your factory output truly negates the damage to the environment.I wonder about this too because I know Google claims to be carbon neutral https://static.googleusercontent.co...ving-100-renewable-energy-purchasing-goal.pdf https://interestingengineering.com/google-to-go-carbon-neutral-by-2017 because of their purchasing but I don't think they produce more than they use like Apple claims. Very interesting.
I don’t think you can ever truly be “carbon neutral.” The attempt and intent is nice, but I’m not sure planting trees to offset your factory output truly negates the damage to the environment.
Ah, “off sets.” Like planting a tree if you use too much fossil fuel? I see.
Also, I can see the moderators waiting to pounce with the ban hammer and shuffling this forum off to PRSI...As nice as the thought/action is (glad there is effort), I have to agree.
I think everyone knows that it's not true. They always tell you A without mentioning B, funny that some of you really believe that<facepalm>
So the status is partly determined by vendor?Its a it more complicated. The electricity in the grid is of course from mixed sources. However, you can choose whom you buy it from — and this will change the balance of suppliers over time. So if more people pay renewable energy suppliers, the traditional simply go out of business until all of the grid is needed by the renewable energy.
No, not at all.Ah, “off sets.” Like planting a tree if you use too much fossil fuel? I see.
Ok. I'll say this: maybe Mr Cook should spend his next vacation with a visit to the artificial lake in Baotou, Inner Mongolia; there he'll get a good look at an example of the dystopian world from hell that Apple (and other tech manufacturers) are creating.Say what you will about Apple, but this is very impressive.
So “green energy” as sold by a vendor or supplier.No, not at all.
All electricity sources; wind, solar, hydro, gas, coal, nuclear; they all feed into the same national grid. There's no way around it. When you purchase green energy, you essentially shift the ratio of the supply that is going into the grid. Less coal being burned, more renewables being utilized.
I don’t think you can ever truly be “carbon neutral.” The attempt and intent is nice, but I’m not sure planting trees to offset your factory output truly negates the damage to the environment.
Yeah, here in the California high desert, all of our electricity comes 50% from solar usage - just recently. We can opt for a higher cost for more "solar" -- definitely the most expensive but probably helps Socal Edison offset the cost of solar. My electric bill is so small because my wife and I are never home and we use a swamp cooler in summer so... I see $40-$60/mo max with the higher solar option.