• lugal@lemmy.ml
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    8 months ago

    Buying a phone every year is still about five times the matter of buying a phone every five years. Also: it is quite cynical to count atoms while children work in cobalt mines. The question of resources is more complex.

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      8 months ago

      The matter from previous phones can just be recycled. We don’t really do it now because we’re nowhere near the growth limit OP was hypothesizing, but if it really came to it we’d mine our landfills instead of mountains.

      Talking about children is changing the subject, important as that may be. We’re talking about finite materials.