Capitalizing on environmentalist guilt

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Being a pretty decent environment with accompanying guilt about driving gaspowered cars and such, I've made a deliberate effort to do conscientious things like buying rechargeable batteries for my mp3 player. Thing is, though, the lifespan of this battery has noticeably gone dud; keep in mind that these are "rechargable alkaline," supposedly the "memory-free" kind where recharging doesn't reduce the lifespan each time. Now I have deep suspicions for products/services that claim that they're green.

Leee (Leee), Thursday, 28 November 2002 09:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Am I overreacting and being paranoid? New "Byron the Bulb" answers pls.

Leee (Leee), Thursday, 28 November 2002 10:06 (twenty-three years ago)

no i dont think you are being paranoid at all leee, there has been a spate of so-called 'green' products here being exposed for actually not having the nice environmentally friendly qualities they were supposed to.
it seems to be too easy to advertise a product as 'green' and use that as its main selling point.

donna (donna), Thursday, 28 November 2002 19:22 (twenty-three years ago)

[normal alkaline batteries are rechargable, you need a different charger though - electronics magazines have had circuit diagrams for such things. the manufacturers don't want people to know this though]

recycled paper - isn't this actually bad for the environment, because of all the chemicals used to bleach the paper? certainly growing lots of trees is no bad thing. i think the best solution is just to try and use less in general - get into the habit of not making unnecessary waste - rather using just as much stuff but replacing it with supposedly green items.

michael (michael), Thursday, 28 November 2002 20:10 (twenty-three years ago)


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