Greenpeace Unimpressed by "World's Greenest Family of Notebooks"
Greenpeace Unimpressed by "World's Greenest Family of Notebooks"
Posted 12/03/2008 at 3:32pm
| by Pulkit Chandna
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Apple is finding it extremely difficult to avoid being in Greenpeace’s cross hairs. Nearly a year ago, Greenpeace branded the iPhone as “toxic”. Now, the organization has flayed Apple’s pompous claim that its Macbook line of notebooks are the greenest there are.
The Macbook range of notebooks scored a highly disappointing 4.3 out of a possible 10 points on the organization’s green index. Greenpeace did laud Apple, though very frugally, for doing away with bromide flame-retardants and other toxic plastics. But it clearly believes that Apple should take more steps to substantiate its towering claims.
Greenpeace has put the ball in Apple’s court by asking it “to commit to phasing out additional substances with timelines, improve its policy on chemicals and its reporting on chemicals management.”
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decapitor
December 03, 2008 at 6:39pm
I find that I give evil corporations a lot more slack as long as they don't tell me that they are not evil.
squarebab
December 03, 2008 at 7:19pm
Many environmentalists are well-to-do elitists who object to 'just anyone' having access to their playgrounds. Many need to moralize to others in order to feel good about themselves, this being a response to the gaping black hole of spirituality in their own lives. Even more alarming is the socialist leanings of many in the "environmental" movement. A not-repeated-enough saying is, "The green tree has red roots.". Control is the goal. I think all should be concerned with the abuse of resources, but the most important "environment" that needs to be protected is the one that preserves a civilization of liberty and prosperity.
jwalch.hawk
December 03, 2008 at 9:52pm
That's an interesting little commentary and knowledge there. Definitely strikes me as being potentially valid.
I think Greenpeace is guilty of being one of those elitists.
This isn't to say environmentalism in and of itself is a bad thing. If A is comprable to B and A is very obviously better for the natural planet, then yeah, obviously we should go with A. It's really just a matter of priorities, though. Obsessive concern for environmental impact at the cost of disregarding lots of other important factors is dumb. But that doesn't mean we shouldn't consider environmental impact either.
ryan.monroe
December 03, 2008 at 4:59pm
the problem isn't that the laptops aren't "green", it's that they're selling them to customers on that basis and it isn't even true.
nano_flux
December 03, 2008 at 8:42pm
I agree with you mate, company should not sell their product if the product is not green at all.
I hate false advertisements
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