silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year ago
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- apple@lemdro.id
Ensuring users can hang onto their phones as long as possible would help reduce the biggest source of emissions: producing phones in the first place.
Apple: “Counter-point: more money, tho.”
While it’s too much, it’s surprisingly small - 66kg. It’s like 8 Gallons of Gasoline. Not sure how I would send the phone from China to anywhere for that much fuel - I suppose transport is extra.
Bulk container shipping uses very little fuel to move a single phone as part of a container full.