[Wolves] Environmental impact of websites

[Chris Procter]

Then you have the wildlife destruction caused by making quills, land
clearence to grow hops for the beer, the CO2 output from the brewing
process, and as for parchment well the less said the better...

Oh dear I'm going to have to paint myself green and try to photosynthesise
:(

chris



-----Original Message-----
From: David Goodwin [mailto:david at openminds.co.uk]
Sent: 20 January 2004 14:56
To: Wolverhampton Linux User Group
Subject: Re: [Wolves] Environmental impact of websites


Chris Procter wrote:
> Power not just for the viewing PC but for the server and all the routers,
> switches and telecoms infrastructure in between, plus the costs of
> transporting coal etc to powewr stations and of disposing of nuclear
waste.
> 
> For paper you have not just the CO2 that the trees can no longer absorb
but
> also the diesel used to transport the wood, the chemicals used to turn the
> wood into paper (which are pretty noxious iirc) and then the transport of
> the book to the bookshop and home. Some of which can be offset as most
wood
> for paper comes from managed forests which replant trees.
> 


Bring back parchment and quills. Down with computers. Free beer for all.



David.


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