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A trouble with 5G that nobody has mentioned in the comments is that we'll be redeploying hundred of millions of new devices, which has a significant cost on the
by yodsanklai 4y ago
A trouble with 5G that nobody has mentioned in the comments is that we'll be redeploying hundred of millions of new devices, which has a significant cost on the environment for very little benefits.
- dane-pgp 4y agoHow do those costs and benefits compare to something like, say, coffee? In general, how should society decide whether a technology/product/service has too big an environmental cost?
- abdullahkhalids 4y agoThe sober answer is that if you are living a 'regular' middle-class life in the developed world, your C02 emissions are likely far far above sustainable thresholds as set by the UN. As such buying a new phone before the old one has completely died out is too big of an environmental cost.
- yodsanklai 4y agoGood question, ideally we'd integrate environmental cost in prices, and the market would determine if it's worth or not, but currently not the case. Also I think the ratio marginal_benefit/environmenal_cost for 5G is probably one of the lowest in history. If you think about it, it's almost caricatural.
- UncleEntity 4y agoI think people mention that for literally every single article which involves the physical world…and plenty that don’t.