The Green Problem
I find this report from BBC news very interesting on two counts.
Firstly, it highlights the BBC’s inept ability to report news. I know that this is a minor point, but both sides of the coin should be highlighted when reporting. Such as the difference between consumers wanting greener PCs and consumers actually paying £64 - £108 more for a PC because it’s an environmentally friendly one.
Which leads to my second point. Everyone agrees (except stupid white men) that we are suffering from a global climate change crisis which we must act upon to sort out. One of the ways of reducing CO2 emissions would be to have more wind farms and become less reliant on fossil fuel technology. So we want wind farms… Oh, unless they are built anywhere near where these people live. If one of the fields near us were building wind farms I might put up with it, but would my neighbours? As one of the most respected men of our time once said: “A person is smart. People are dumb, panicky, dangerous animals and you know it.” - Agent K
The same issue applies to these environmentally friendly, but more expensive PCs. Another options of course, would be if the PC manufacturers gave us no option but to buy these PCs - but that will not happen!