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Floppies are plastic and vinyl. Flash drives require an entire foundry worth of heavy metals and exotic compounds. I doubt it is the clear win you think.
by sliverstorm 12y ago
Floppies are plastic and vinyl. Flash drives require an entire foundry worth of heavy metals and exotic compounds. I doubt it is the clear win you think.
- chopin 12y agoThe drive needs electronics as well, consuming possibly as much of heavy metals and exotic compounds. And you need a lot of floppies to be on par with capacity of a flash drive.
- mikeash 12y agoThe flash drive is a teeny portion of the entire foundry, though. And plastic is hardly benign to make.