You make a good point, and it doesn’t end there. Green cars and all the other electronic toys, gadgets, gizmos, musical instruments...they all go somewhere when they’re through using and playing with them.
They’ll put it in a green or blue trash bin and they think they’ve done some grand deed. Even better, they’ll try to sell them, thus passing the disposal problem to someone else. And then it’s out of sight, out of mind. “Not my problem.”
Two months ago, a neighbor down the street put some gadgets out for recyclers to pick up. While walking by, he asked me if I wanted any because he knew I dabble in computers. I grabbed an Apple laptop, wireless trackpads, 700w inverter, DVD recorder devices and other gear. Took me less than an hour to get them all working. Lots of things get trashed that are still useful, a real shame. I'd rather they get sold than trashed, as others (like me) combine components to repair machines. In the last few weeks I've bought used components for a few bucks (dc-in board and a laptop keyboard) to repair friend's laptops. This is not a passing of a disposal problem to someone else; it is avoiding a disposal situation by returning devices to useful service.
They’ll put it in a green or blue trash bin and they think they’ve done some grand deed. Even better, they’ll try to sell them, thus passing the disposal problem to someone else. And then it’s out of sight, out of mind. “Not my problem.”
Liberals can pat themselves on the back all day about their 'green' machines; the certain fact is that practically every electronic device in the US is, at its core, coal powered.
And it's not just Apple products, or computers. The light in Starubucks? Most likely from a coal-fired generator. How'd that coffee get hot? How'd that paper cup get made?
This 'green' nonsense is just that: nonsense.