Cebit: How green is the Green PC?
German IT magazine Chip has been honouring some products and services with its Chip award at Cebit. One of their awards is a “green” one. It went to a Fujitsu Siemens Desktop PC called “Green PC”. Fujitsu Siemens states that it consumes 27 percent less power than its conventional counterpart and includes a “green mainboard” without halogens, cadmium or mercury. But: It’s still not 100 percent free of toxic chemicals.
In contrast to many desktop computer models in our survey “searching on greener electronics” at least it’s a computer which is greener than others and yet doesn’t cost much more than not-so-green models.
We sent our video activists Omer and Giona to Fujitsu Siemens’ exhibition at Cebit to get some more information. Watch the video to see their interview with a Fujitsu Siemens spokesperson.
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It seems as if everything is turning green nowadays. And people just can’t understand why consumers aren’t buying more of it. Not rocket science – really. People buy for many reasons – not just the environmental impact. You think you can sell a “green” blow-up doll? Maybe look at functionality, price, quality etc first before turning everything green. Then we can start changing the consumers. More on this on my blog at http://angryafrican.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/make-it-better-can-i-interest-you-in-a-green-blow-up-doll/
Posted by: Angry African | March 9, 2008 4:16 AM