silence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agoApple Shrunk the iPhone’s Carbon Footprint. There’s a Way to Shrink It Even Furtherwww.bloomberg.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkApple Shrunk the iPhone’s Carbon Footprint. There’s a Way to Shrink It Even Furtherwww.bloomberg.comsilence7@slrpnk.netM to Climate - truthful information about climate, related activism and politics.@slrpnk.netEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square3fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected][email protected]
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.
minus-squarehotair@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoWhile 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.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPMlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoBulk container shipping uses very little fuel to move a single phone as part of a container full.
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.