Comments on: Fujitsu Siemens slaps ‘Green IT’ labels on PCs http://www.greenbang.com/fujitsu-siemens-slaps-%e2%80%98green-it%e2%80%99-labels-on-pcs_6340.html Sustainable Energy Insight Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:18:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Barrington http://www.greenbang.com/fujitsu-siemens-slaps-%e2%80%98green-it%e2%80%99-labels-on-pcs_6340.html/comment-page-1#comment-5617 Richard Barrington Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:46:34 +0000 http://www.greenbang.com/?p=6340#comment-5617 PC's are the largest and worst part of ICT's impact in the environment ( about 4/5ths ) and while it is interesting to see FJS starting to tackle a few of the wider externalities the PC needs a complete makeover. Why plastics and why does FJS offer no commitment to recover all of their own (toxic ) waste? No point in labeling everything if you don't guarantee recovery and reuse. Given that for more than 90% of the time a PC is not in use ( or doing anything productive ) there has to be a better model of computing. The PC needs a real makeover to engineer out the current 2-3 year obsolescence cycle so that the manufactured capital is preserved and enhanced. A model based on shared resources and access on demand to services that will create a more secure and equitable society physical and virtual is possible. Problem is to many vested interests focused on maintaining the status-quo, so happy to "Fiddle round the edges while Rome crashes and burns".<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('5617','Richard Barrington'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('5617','Richard Barrington','PC\'s are the largest and worst part of ICT\'s impact in the environment ( about 4\/5ths ) and while it is interesting to see FJS starting to tackle a few of the wider externalities the PC needs a complete makeover. Why plastics and why does FJS offer no commitment to recover all of their own (toxic ) waste? No point in labeling everything if you don\'t guarantee recovery and reuse.\r\n\r\nGiven that for more than 90% of the time a PC is not in use ( or doing anything productive ) there has to be a better model of computing. The PC needs a real makeover to engineer out the current 2-3 year obsolescence cycle so that the manufactured capital is preserved and enhanced. A model based on shared resources and access on demand to services that will create a more secure and equitable society physical and virtual is possible. Problem is to many vested interests focused on maintaining the status-quo, so happy to \"Fiddle round the edges while Rome crashes and burns\".'); return false;">Quote</a></div> PC’s are the largest and worst part of ICT’s impact in the environment ( about 4/5ths ) and while it is interesting to see FJS starting to tackle a few of the wider externalities the PC needs a complete makeover. Why plastics and why does FJS offer no commitment to recover all of their own (toxic ) waste? No point in labeling everything if you don’t guarantee recovery and reuse.

Given that for more than 90% of the time a PC is not in use ( or doing anything productive ) there has to be a better model of computing. The PC needs a real makeover to engineer out the current 2-3 year obsolescence cycle so that the manufactured capital is preserved and enhanced. A model based on shared resources and access on demand to services that will create a more secure and equitable society physical and virtual is possible. Problem is to many vested interests focused on maintaining the status-quo, so happy to “Fiddle round the edges while Rome crashes and burns”.

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