[Arm-netbook] "recycling not the answer"

[Stefan Monnier]

> http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2009/06/embodied-energy-of-digital-technology.html
> if the energy cost of the plastics injection molding is enough to
> power a 30 watt laptop for 1,000 days (3 years), then clearly,
> recycling of the plastic, doing exactly the same thing, is *not* doing
> the environment any favours.

I don't see where in the article it states such a cost.  I does mention
pretty much exactly this cost when talking about the price of the memory
chips, IIRC.


        Stefan