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Apple Now Powered by 100 Percent Renewable Energy Worldwide
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Step in the right direction, but a *lot* of energy would be saved if Apple computers were long-lasting/user upgradable as they used to be. A *lot* of power and material is needed to make those aluminum cases / other components, so product longevity = environmental friendliness.
Writing this on a 2011 MBP with upgraded RAM (16GB) & HDD (1TB SSD) - specs that will be enough in yet another few years. How long will the the everything-soldered machines remain usable?
Writing this on a 2011 MBP with upgraded RAM (16GB) & HDD (1TB SSD) - specs that will be enough in yet another few years. How long will the the everything-soldered machines remain usable?
Depends on where you live. My buddy in Northern California had solar installed on his property. He generates enough for the entire house / everything. He has to pay $7 / month for a grid connection fee.
It paid for itself in under 5 years because his electric draw was quite large with a pool and pump house for his water.
Not even the few who were shouting at the top of their lungs they would leave did it. They also had the means to easily do it (celebrities with millions). If they felt so strongly, they should move. But this is a discussion that doesn't really belong here.
Renewables are financially viable for companies that have a huge excess of cash. In the long term they are much better, but for most people/companies it's not worth it. Renewables still have a ways to go.
Now if only they would admit how many of earth's resources they used in the construction of that spaceship campus. How much chemical processing the various materials & components needed, and where did they source them from, were they "responsible sources"?
Yeah, don't think so.
Yeah, don't think so.
There’s a point to that. For 3% tax I would turn green any day.
This is a very important fact. People love modern industrial windmills, as long as it’s not anywhere near them of course.
That is because they avoid to look at the whole economic footprint of so called green energy. All these fancy new technologies use rare earths, high tech materials, metals, stuff that doesn’t grow on trees. Also all this stuff will break and you won’t be able to use it as fertilizer, it will be lots of toxic waste at the end of its lifetime.
Not even talking about social impact, scalability issues and so on. I am all for more environmental friendly energy but if you don’t want to cause social I disruption, poverty and suffering change has to come naturally, not forced by a bunch of glob alist ideologists.
But then there are those who believe in overpopulation, and are happy to remove billions from this earth to „save us“ from climate change... as long as it’s not them of course.
Next step: 100% renewable energy iPhones and iPads. They charge themselves from the sun and movement. :-D
Let's go Apple!
Let's go Apple!
Apple is probably looking at net use vs. their renewable production; even if the actual power produced isn’t supplied to Apple. It’s like people who buy green power; while they arr supporting its production they may not actually be getting the power produced by green sources. The grid doesn’t route specific production sources to specific users, it simply balances load.
If you'd like to pay more than you're legally obligated to pay, I'll gladly provide my address for any overpayments...
It seems that many here don't understand how renewable energy works. Let's say Apple's entire operations use 1000GWh of electricity a year. This is a quantity of energy, effectively a number of electrons. If Apple generates and puts into the grid at least that quantity of energy in a year, then Apple is effectively powered completely by energy sourced by renewable generation. It doesn't matter whether the actual electrons used came from renewables, Apple can claim that those electrons are from a renewable source. Likewise, Joe's garage that may happen to get the electrons Apple has contributed from renewable sources can *not* claim to be using renewable energy.
This applies to Apple's operations at any time of the day or in any location, such as stores. So long Apple is putting those electrons into the network from renewable sources at some point of time at some location, they can use any electrons no matter the source to be claimed as renewable.
This applies to Apple's operations at any time of the day or in any location, such as stores. So long Apple is putting those electrons into the network from renewable sources at some point of time at some location, they can use any electrons no matter the source to be claimed as renewable.
I would say they're providing enough green power to offset their own use, it's usually how it works.
It could also be that certain stores are purchasing green power not the green energy they generate themselves.
Till now I can’t understand the sentence “leaving the world better than we found it”. I mean, do they mean like Apple will cease to exist someday? I mean yes, the world or Apple will eventually come to an end, but is there no better way of putting it? Hmm...
Well - while ignoring the planned obsolescence comment - they are (and have committed to) looking to close their resource loop so... there's that. It's not something that hasn't been addressed by them.
That phrase doesn’t necessarily have to mean after they cease to exist, just that they’re leaving the world better than it was when they started. With almost a trillion dollars, Apple will be around for a very long time.
It is great that Apple is using 100% renewable energy.
Though if you want to leave the world better, you will do more user upgradable products (iPhone, iPads, Laptops and iMacs and Mac Pros) and seriously reduce the trash.
Why in order to change the battery in an iPhone you need to take it to Apple? Especially since after 2 years, batteries start failing.
Why you cannot upgrade the HD in the Laptops or iMac Pro?
Or some Laptops you cannot even upgrade the RAM?
If you want to leave the world better, then be consistent...
Though if you want to leave the world better, you will do more user upgradable products (iPhone, iPads, Laptops and iMacs and Mac Pros) and seriously reduce the trash.
Why in order to change the battery in an iPhone you need to take it to Apple? Especially since after 2 years, batteries start failing.
Why you cannot upgrade the HD in the Laptops or iMac Pro?
Or some Laptops you cannot even upgrade the RAM?
If you want to leave the world better, then be consistent...
Of course there is actually no such thing as "renewable energy" as the Laws of Thermodynamics tell us. Entropy wins.