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To: antiRepublicrat

Interesting, how, from one week to the next, what wasn’t EPEAT compatible, is suddenly, EPEAT compatible. How does a piece of equipment become EPEAT compatible, if the design and manufacturing process hasn’t changed at all?

Something tells me that, perhaps, there is some behind-the-door negotiations which includes kickbacks. Nothing makes the regulators see things your way, than some “monetary favors”. I don’t have any evidence for that at all, except, it’s highly suspicious. And, those pieces of equipment from Apple aren’t EPEAT compatible, for the same reasons which were outlined in the original argument. Nothing has changed, except for, perhaps, the suspicious negotiations which, miraculously, made them compatible.


274 posted on 07/16/2012 6:00:24 AM PDT by adorno
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To: adorno
nteresting, how, from one week to the next, what wasn’t EPEAT compatible, is suddenly, EPEAT compatible. How does a piece of equipment become EPEAT compatible, if the design and manufacturing process hasn’t changed at all?

Apple withdrew computers from the registry, that's all. Apple withdraws them, they are no longer EPEAT certified. Apple puts them back in, they are EPEAT certified again.

Something tells me that, perhaps, there is some behind-the-door negotiations which includes kickbacks.

Kickbacks aren't necessary. The embarrassment of having the most environmentally friendly electronics maker on the planet ditching their standards was enough.

Plus, Apple put the two items in question, the Retina MacBook Pros, back on the list. They will be reviewed by EPEAT later, as is how it works for all items on the list. If EPEAT disagrees, they could come off the list. So an agreement wasn't even necessary to place them there. You can lay off the libel now.

And, those pieces of equipment from Apple aren’t EPEAT compatible, for the same reasons which were outlined in the original argument.

BTW, the rest of Apple's products that fit into categories covered by EPEAT all have a GOLD rating. Whether the Retina MacBooks lose gold rating before the criteria are modernized is a good question.

So, think of that: All of Apple's products before the Retina notebooks were gold-rated, and Apple still wanted to ditch EPEAT as being behind the times. Apple pulled out because of these old, fixed criteria, and EPEAT is changing them. Aside from the screw issue, I think Apple is getting tired of going far ahead of the competition in things like using fewer plastics and going with perfectly recyclable aluminum, and not getting credit.

275 posted on 07/16/2012 7:13:09 PM PDT by antiRepublicrat
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