Apple to clean up its act by switching to renewable energy

4. PhoneArenaUser posted on 17 May 2012, 17:31 3 2

"Apple is a leader in this as most things."

Are you sure?

Guide to Greener Electronics: http://goo.gl/8IsY8

Seems that your facts are again only...

5. taco50 (banned) posted on 17 May 2012, 17:40 3 6

Wow getting away from coal fuel is a bad thing now too?

You're unbelievable. It doesn't take a genius to understand releasing toxins into the air is bad.

6. cepcamba posted on 17 May 2012, 18:03 3 0

Yeah releasing toxins in the air is bad, but so is clearing acres of forests.

Best solution: Nuclear Power Plant. Scary, but more powerful than any coal powerplant. I'm not sure how to go about it but they just have to place it far from civilization.

7. PhoneArenaUser posted on 17 May 2012, 18:26 3 0

I don't think so, because:

1) In most cases Nuclear Power Plants starts generate profit only after ~ 50 year of usage and the problem is that most Nuclear Power Plants has only ~ 50 year exploitation time. That's mean when Nuclear Power Plant will start generate reall profit you will be forced to close it because exploitation time will be out of date. (Talking about the years I might be wrong.)

2) There is no proper way to recycle nuclear waste.

3) You have to cool reactor and that's mean you need water. In this case you will unnaturally warm up water in the nature and it just increase global warming.

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9. cepcamba posted on 17 May 2012, 21:55 0 0

I see. I didn't see those points before. Well, I guess solar power really is the best option for now.

However, they should do something to counter the deforestation it may cause. I saw something in discovery channel once, concept is about buildings in cities dedicated for the breeding of selected edible crops/plants. It should help reduce costs of transport from farms to cities since the improvised field is in the city itself. And it will also help reduce/fight pollution.

Imagine 100 floors of nothing but plants in the middle of a very busy city. Problem is no one is willing to spend on it.

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10. remixfa posted on 17 May 2012, 22:52 0 2

thank god your not that genius.

im going to break it down super simple, just for your mind.

cutting trees down = bad.
burning lots of coal = bad

Now, unless Apple had its OWN coal factory that it got power from, getting off of coal is purely symbolic as that factory is going to run regardless, since it has to power other things. So not only is the coal factory running, we are going to lose 250 acres of oxygen producing trees.

do ya get it? do ya? should i spell it out in your alphabet soup?

11. taco50 (banned) posted on 18 May 2012, 02:27 1 1

Remix is their fearless leader. Mid 30's and still an entry level sales rep, but has the nerve to question others intelligence.