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The point I was making is about whether people should make computer purchases based on carbon emissions. I think people would be insane to sacrifice their own h
by qqq 18y ago
The point I was making is about whether people should make computer purchases based on carbon emissions. I think people would be insane to sacrifice their own happiness by using a computer they do not prefer just to buy from the company with a good carbon record.
I am not taking a position on whether carbon emissions are important. I'm just saying that having the computer you want is very important. If you want to cut back on carbon, do it somewhere else.
Please note that this is not a matter of apathy, it is a matter of respect for human beings and desire for them to have good computing experiences.
- ericb 18y agoI guess I can appreciate your comment from the perspective of a hacker, however, where do you draw the line? Theoretically, if the nicer brand was made with child-slave labor, is your decision the same?
- thaumaturgy 18y agoThere are a great many people -- the majority, in fact -- who don't particularly care about the brand of computer they buy. The average motivations are whether it's cheap, and whether it looks good with the furniture. A lot of people -- and not just the cloth-bag-carrying, recycle-bin-sorting type -- will care enough about the environmental impact of what they buy for this effort from Dell to make a difference. I think as "hackers" it's easy for some of us to overestimate just how much joy a computer brings into someone's life, or how important it is to them.