[LAU] OT: mineral wars in Congo

[Stephen Stubbs]

> We don't have Vista-bloat, so if we're environmentally-conscious (or just poor, 
>or both), we can keep old gear afloat nearly forever and put it to some useful 
>purpose, or dig up old hardware and run a Linux kernel on it and make it do 
>something, instead of buying new crap that requires raping the earth and/or 
>indigenous peoples.

> 
> -ken

The only problem with old gear is power consumption. I don't know what's
worse from a purely ecological point of view. Most power is still
generated from non-renewable sources.
-- 
Regards,
Philipp

The high-tech solution to the elements/minerals problem is nuclear fusion.  With 
the exception of hydrogen, it's where all the other elements/minerals came from 
in the first place.

Best,
Stephen.
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