Power consumption (was: free to good home, 19" CRT)

Brian lists at karas.net
Sun Apr 17 13:27:01 EDT 2005


Ah, but that new appliance wasn't produced for free.  It was made in an
energy-consuming factory, most likely by people that drove their cars to
work.  And then it got from the factory to you the consumer via trucks and
trains and ship that also burn fuel.  

You probably added to the landfill a bunch of plastics and noxious chemicals
also.  Even though the CRT in question was given to a new home, someone most
likely threw out an old screen somewhere down the line because of it.

IMO, you can't really, truly, justify a purchase like that economically,
environmentally, OR politically.



> -----Original Message-----
> From: gnhlug-discuss-admin at mail.gnhlug.org 
> [mailto:gnhlug-discuss-admin at mail.gnhlug.org] On Behalf Of 
> Randy Edwards
> Sent: Sunday, April 17, 2005 1:03 PM
> To: gnhlug-discuss at mail.gnhlug.org
> Subject: Re: Power consumption (was: free to good home, 19" CRT)
> 
>    As such, purchasing an appliance that saves over 50% of 
> energy compared to its equivalent is a wise investment and 
> easily trumps a cost-benefit analysis done exclusively on 
> today's energy prices.




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