With Windows 7 out this week and people buying new computers in order to get it, it brings into focus the carbon footprint, as reported by the guardian ()
Eric Williams of the United Nations University calculated five years ago, that most of the carbon footprint for a typical desktop computer comes not from running it but from making it. Manufacturing made up a staggering 81% of the footprint, a much greater proportion than for other household electric goods like fridges and TVs. ()
The guardian concludes that if you want to cut the carbon emissions from your computing, the best way is to stick with your old machine – even if you stick with the old operating system.
On the same note, how about the iPhone… a couple of years back Greenpeace gave out about the Apples carbon footprint for the iPhone
Apple, who sold 7.4m iPhones in its latest quarter () while posting a profit of $1.67 for the same period, are now being transparent about this, listing manufacturing as being 38% of the iPhone carbon footprint. (http://www.apple.com/environment)