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yes, you’re right, 5 billion multiplied by most common numbers is going to be a huge number, and that is why this matters, not why it doesn’t
by permo-w 4y ago
yes, you’re right, 5 billion multiplied by most common numbers is going to be a huge number, and that is why this matters, not why it doesn’t
- gruez 4y agoExcept that the benefits (ie. 5 billion of whatever not being produced/thrown away) is only one side of the equation. The cost needs to be factored in as well, because fixing the problem of 5 billion phones isn't as easy as snapping your fingers. Just focusing on one side without considering the other makes for poor policy.
- Tagbert 4y agoAnd if you are taking that 5B number as a given, then we will be completely out of phones in 3-5 years. That number is much larger than the number of phones produced in a year. It seems like the number taken from an arbitrary estimate scaled without reference to anything else. The estimates I have seen for number of new phones sold each year is around 1.5B. I would not expect more phones thrown away than are manufactured. https://www.zippia.com/advice/us-smartphone-industry-statistics/#:~:text=General%20U.S.%20Smartphone%20Industry%20Statistics%201%20Apple%20is,a%20compound%20annual%20growth%20rate%20of%2016.4%25.%20 https://www.zippia.com/advice/us-smartphone-industry-statist...