On the world wide web "/s" means "please read this in a sarcastic tone"Where's the harm in pushing for greater corporate responsibility? I'm always happy to read about environmental improvements from any company, but let's not forget that so many Fortune 500 companies, including Apple, are propped up on the poor of this and other countries. Are you or I intrinsically worth more than any poor wretch who is worked nearly to death to build devices that "first-world" citizens use to mostly to play games and jerk off?
Yeah, the "nothing is ever good enough" crowd can get on my nerves, too. But ask yourself what the real problems are before you start swinging the bat.
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Apple Paves Way Towards Carbon-Free Aluminum Smelting Process as Latest Environmental Pledge
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Apple is luxury brand, traditionally luxury brands did value heft
if something feels cheap people believe it is cheap
I think of repair ability when I buy thousands of dollars worth of Apple equipment I've been an Apple customer for over 20 years do I not exist ?
Even if your premise that I don't exist is correct
Do they only not think of it because they have no other choice?
Remember Apple has a monopoly on macOS same with iOS
Currently there is over 400ppm of CO2. It will be at least a few lifetimes before that is possible assuming people get their heads out of their A$$ and change environment policies.
If it drops below 200ppm we can, you know always start burning fossil fuels again. We are light years away from starving plant life. We will more likely drown plant life or over-forest it before we starve it.
The ramifications of this are many orders of magnitude greater than the effects of producing iPhone cases. This is actually a huge freakin deal and will effect every big industry in a positive way once it becomes ubiquitous, which it will with Alcoa investing in it.
Some of you, try to look up and see out of your little frog ponds.
Some of you, try to look up and see out of your little frog ponds.
If there's a benefit like rigidity and improved cycle duration, I'll take the thicker phone. There are limits to what it can do, so if the screen is 99% of the front, and the remaining consideration is a physics question, then it's maxed out. Consumers will have a direct variable between +1mm and 3 additional hours battery life. If that's the question, the answer will be market driven.
I'm just hoping that someday they'll not have any more carbon on the planet.
It seems such a harmful substance.
It seems such a harmful substance.
That has to be the dumbest logic ever.
We can’t make every possible little part of our business environmental friendly so why bother potentially reducing 6.5 million metric tons of CO2....
I keep waiting for Transparent Aluminum! Scotty gave that guy the formula back in 1986 and he's been sitting on it ever since!
Its good for the environment but bad for the economy and the future of American jobs. We need to stop Apple's efforts immediately.
I know that, but thank you anyway. The sarcasm implies the criticism to which I was responding. I read the subtext right the first time.
nonsense..... and why are you on a computer anyways? aren't you afraid of the electric fields?
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Come on and educate us more. What are you actually talking about?
I know few or no company the scale of Apple that is likewise environmentally consentious, so blow my mind, please!
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I can’t decide if you are saying the SE is thick or thin. It is the same thickness as iPhone 8 and thinner than iPhone X. And a whopping 0.6mm thicker than the thinnest iPhone Apple ever made.
And your comment is mainly dry and pessimistic, if you ask me. Feel good, a little change is in place. Multiple little changes make big changes. I guess you choose to live naked in the bush, to have no carbon footprint at all??
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Sure, so we can dump thousands of tons of said cables and adapters, to then refresh with USB C gear. This sure was the idea of a kid yawning in the back of the class, not understanding the eye rolling of the rest of the class when he said this.
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This.
The WORST thing you can do for the environment is replace products frequently. So much of a product’s carbon footprint is in the manufacturing. There’s nothing environmentally friendly about buying a new phone or computer every year. Even worse are cars. I can’t stand leasing for this reason. You should buy a car and drive it into the ground if you REALLY care about the environment.
My primary work Mac is now five years old and going strong. When I buy a new machine, I buy the top of the line and keep it for at least 5 years. I buy a new iPhone every three years usually. My car is 10 years old with 250K miles and I plan to drive it for another few years at least.
Recycling is great, but there’s a huge carbon footprint to recycling as well.
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Simple in the majority of repairs you're replacing single components rather than entire logic boards, top cases etc.
You have to admit no matter how efficient Apple's recycling is, it can't beat not being recycled in the first place.
Then you have to remember the majority of Apple products don't get recycled by Apple in the first place only ones brought back to an Apple Store
while an individual user might get away with trashing the odd battery
third-party repair companies wouldn't do that
Or risk getting in trouble by some government body.
remember many countries, states,county's and provinces have laws against improper recycling of lithium ion batteries.
then when it comes to large amounts like a bulk recycler would deal with it falls under
Universal rules of Hazardous Waste regulations at least in North America
So I imagine most people/ businesses would be doing exactly what apple's doing so they don't get dinged by some government body for improper disposal
So as stated I believe my previous statement holds and apple's taking the anti-environment stance while pretending not to for PR purposes
I suggest you inform and educate yourself a little more before posting.
In the Province of Quebec, 96.8% of electricity is from hydro, and only 0.1% is from thermal (older stats, so may be even more lopsided towards hydro now), and in Canada at large, over 60% is from hydro. Quite a little different from the US that produces over 60% of its electricity from fossil fuels.
Want to guess why this production plant is in Canada and not the US?
But they’re investing only 144 million combined as per the press release... that seems a bit tooo low
DING DING DING... we have a loser! I mean winner. I was wondering just how many comments in on a positive conservation story it would take for someone to find a negative slant. the answer is 4. Congrats, you can collect your bah humbug award on the droid page.
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Cool. lets not do anything then. because each individual step really adds up to not very much.
Seriously?