How green is our laptop?

[Kevin Purcell]

One should not that GP does this for it's own publicity.

Their attacks on Apple (why Apple? because they're hot right now)  
have been debunked by several out there. Engaging them will not  
generate any useful publicity for OLPC.

<http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/E83D58B3-10E0-4A9C-8847- 
BCE665EE235C.html>
<http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/29C5599A- 
FCD8-4E30-9AD5-5497999ABA1B.html>
<http://www.roughlydrafted.com/RD/Home/ABC6DFDA-9DE9-4EA8- 
A269-65EAAB628676.html>

The OLPC (I presume) will conform to RoHS (I hope). It might be  
worthwhile subjecting final prototypes to EPEAT testing for  
independent confirmation and to head of GP style ranting.

<http://www.epeat.net/>

A plan for recovering broken laptops might be useful but considering  
the deployment by the governments involved it seems responsibility  
probably should flow downhill though developing countries governments  
are not very good in this area.

Of course, GP will just use that stick to beat you with. That seems  
to be their only purpose or screwing up their own PR

> "In the twenty years since the Chernobyl tragedy, the world's worst  
> nuclear accident, there have been nearly [FILL IN ALARMIST AND  
> ARMAGEDDONIST FACTOID HERE],"

<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/01/ 
AR2006060101884_pf.html>

(BTW, I was a GP member in the 1980s. I left when I found out how  
they worked.).

On Sep 28, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Carl-Daniel Hailfinger wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Greenpeace has been making news lately with their campaign for
> "greener" laptops.
> http://www.greenpeace.org/international/campaigns/toxics/ 
> electronics/how-the-companies-line-up
>
> We probably do not want to be slapped by them with a negative
> label, so it might be sensible to publish more on our strategy
> for environmentally responsible manufacturing and deployment.
>
> http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ 
> Our_technology#Considering_the_millions_to_be_built. 
> 2C_will_it_be_recyclable.3F
> is unfortunately very vague. Greenpeace would probably complain
> that there is no published plan for recycling the laptops, but
> since our interest is permanent deployment and we hope none of
> the laptops fail, recycling and take-back should never be needed.
>
> If we manage to get a positive statement by Greenpeace, it would
> probably help getting more media coverage.
>
> Speaking of media coverage, I have noticed that OLPC is hardly
> ever mentioned in German mainstream media. I don't know how well
> we're doing in other countries, but I fear it's not much better.
>
>
> Regards,
> Carl-Daniel
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Kevin Purcell
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